row_33 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I’m in downtown Toronto, a few miles west of Yonge, it’s always a few degrees nicer than a few miles further from the lake all thru the year. rhe snowbelt rule of thumb is Highway 401, you get the worst on it and just north of it for Southern Ontario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig1Hunter Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 19 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: I look to the Donner Party to give me guidance! I think they are still perusing the menu. They might need a few more minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 FWIW... Detroit probably has the most "tempered" micro-climate around the Lakes. 8 minutes ago, row_33 said: I’m in downtown Toronto, a few miles west of Yonge, it’s always a few degrees nicer than a few miles further from the lake all thru the year. rhe snowbelt rule of thumb is Highway 401, you get the worst on it and just north of it for Southern Ontario But that has to be like here on Lake Michigan... How often does a cold wind blow over Lake Ontario from the east-northeast? Unless you pick up bands from Lake Huron??? Lake Ontario usually has a hard time freezing... Small surface area, deep with temp inversions, west-east orientation... It would seem Toronto would get it from Lake Ontario later in season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 59 minutes ago, Wacka said: Cold here in Cheektowaga 4degrees with -5 wind chill but we had only about 2-3 inches since Saturday. The wind finally died down. Am in the warm house today. My mom (91) slipped and hit her side on the dining room table on Xmas night. Took her to the ER yesterday. No broken ribs, just bruises. Am staying home to help her today. Sounds like your mom got lucky,glad you're keeping her inside.Looks like south of West Seneca is where the band started..like you said,just a few inches for us in crabapple town....we got lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 4 minutes ago, Misterbluesky said: Sounds like your mom got lucky,glad you're keeping her inside.Looks like south of West Seneca is where the band started..like you said,just a few inches for us in crabapple town....we got lucky That's where my father lives where I grew up. I mentioned Roz's Pizza in "Pizza Thread"... Almost right by there off of French. We came in right after Snovember... 7' of snow. Thought I was going to have to park off of French and shoe in. They were clearing the street with a front loader just hours before we made it it. Brother had half of my father's driveway done. His vehicles still buried. Worked out well, went home through Detroit and caught Bills-Jets game for free on Monday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: That's where my father lives where I grew up. I mentioned Roz's Pizza in "Pizza Thread"... Almost right by there off of French. We came in right after Snovember... 7' of snow. Thought I was going to have to park off of French and shoe in. They were clearing the street with a front loader just hours before we made it it. Brother had half of my father's driveway done. His vehicles still buried. Worked out well, went home through Detroit and caught Bills-Jets game for free on Monday! Yes sir..Kelly Park,Southline Fire Dpt.,Towers. Did you hear about the Garden Village shooting that happened a few months ago?p.s.-I live off of Como Park Blvd (near Borden)......right on the LES line..usually as you go deeper south of Walden the snow totals get higher.Did you go to East or West? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 13 minutes ago, Misterbluesky said: Yes sir..Kelly Park,Southline Fire Dpt.,Towers. Did you hear about the Garden Village shooting that happened a few months ago?p.s.-I live off of Como Park Blvd (near Borden)......right on the LES line..usually as you go deeper south of Walden the snow totals get higher.Did you go to East or West? West. But the street that I grew up on goes East now. Didn't hear about shooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I was living in Rochester for about a year when they got (at least at that time) record snowfall. I want to say it was February 1999. We got 24" of snow in 24 hours. That was the most snow I've seen, and I grew up in Buffalo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 5 hours ago, /dev/null said: And my flight has been canceled About an hour after my flight was canceled I got a text that it was back on schedule With all the backed up flights, I have never seen ERI this crowded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Fadingpain said: I was living in Rochester for about a year when they got (at least at that time) record snowfall. I want to say it was February 1999. We got 24" of snow in 24 hours. That was the most snow I've seen, and I grew up in Buffalo! I’m not disputing your post but I’ve lived through at least 2 between 1965 and 1980. 2 feet is only a storm. It took 3 feet to cancel schools. Edited December 28, 2017 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxum Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 5 hours ago, row_33 said: I’m in downtown Toronto, a few miles west of Yonge, it’s always a few degrees nicer than a few miles further from the lake all thru the year. rhe snowbelt rule of thumb is Highway 401, you get the worst on it and just north of it for Southern Ontario Had a college trip to Toronto one weekend and it was supposed to be a one night trip and a terrible snowfall came in preventing bus from returning to UB although Toronto proper was okay. Fortunately out trip leader had a connection with hotel and their rooms were under booked so he made arrangement for a night lodging (rooms split) at a deep discount. My roommate spent entire night in girlfriend's room so I had a private room despite my hints to my roommate that if he wanted privacy he should convince his girlfriend to send her roommate to our room but no luck. Spent most of my time at night in Toronto and surprised my roommate late at night when I came back with he and his girlfriend doing the limbo in our room. Evidently they were too noisy for her roommate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Thanks Limeaid, good story. Yes, downtown can be fine and it’s horrible 10 miles away. had a few football weekends to Columbus and back thru Cleveland, with Ohio under blizzard but WNY was bone dry fortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 1 hour ago, ShadyBillsFan said: I’m not disputing your post but I’ve lived through at least 2 between 65 and 80. 2 feet is only a storm. It took 3 feet to cancel schools. You mean at least 2 different days or 24 hour periods of time in which you got between 65" and 80" of snow during that time period? Is that even possible?! Had to be Watertown! Snow capital of the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: You mean at least 2 different days or 24 hour periods of time in which you got between 65" and 80" of snow during that time period? Is that even possible?! Had to be Watertown! Snow capital of the universe. My bad. Those were the years late 60’s I remember blizzards that covered the side door of the house. The others were in the late ‘70s I think. Once there was 3 feet on Christmas Eve. All in Rochester. ^ Snowmangeddon in Loudon County VA had 2 storms 2 or 3 days apart with over 2 feet each storm. I have a lot of relatives in Watertown Edited December 28, 2017 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 http://www.localsyr.com/news/record-snowfall-in-redfield/889471209 Oswego county playing catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Drove I-90 past there a few hours ago - didn’t look like there was 5 feet on the ground by the highway, but was a scenic drive with all the snow in the trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Fadingpain said: You mean at least 2 different days or 24 hour periods of time in which you got between 65" and 80" of snow during that time period? Is that even possible?! Had to be Watertown! Snow capital of the universe. Truckee probably see more... We went to Squaw Valley in 2015 after the Snovember Game. The Sierras were getting pounded, Pineapple Express after express... So we are on the shuttle back to Squaw from Alpine Meadows and a guy hears my son and I talking... He askes me if "I was Canadian" because of my "accent"... I bust out laughing saying I grew up in BFLo and lived in Illinois/Iowa for almost 30 years... Anyway, driver chimed in when we start talking snow... I mean it's dumping in Squaw and through The Pass... Shuttle bus is all chained up and thumping down the road... Driver says: "Yeah, we up here were all Jonsing with Buffalo when you got that 7 feet of snow... Boy were we impressed, and we are used to some really big snows!" Edited December 28, 2017 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/37149989/erie-lake-effect-snow-storm-records-totals-released 8 hours ago, stevewin said: Drove I-90 past there a few hours ago - didn’t look like there was 5 feet on the ground by the highway, but was a scenic drive with all the snow in the trees The heavy snow fell north of I90 along the lake shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 3 hours ago, /dev/null said: http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/37149989/erie-lake-effect-snow-storm-records-totals-released The heavy snow fell north of I90 along the lake shore. Did you get out and when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 18 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said: I’m not disputing your post but I’ve lived through at least 2 between 1965 and 1980. 2 feet is only a storm. It took 3 feet to cancel schools. lol here they cancel school if it rains a little too hard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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