Christmas storm could be “Paralyzing” for Buffalo

[Bill from NYC]

On Long Island the forecast is rain all day tomorrow. The high will be in the low 50's. Then at night it is going down to 15. The roads will be like hockey rinks. We are expecting company and I hope that they stay home. I have seen extreme sudden drops like this but really not that often. I pray that the roads will get salted and sanded to limit injuries and fatalities. 

 

Good luck up there in WNY and around the country!!!!!🙏

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BringBackFergy]

3 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

I betcha we had them in SouthTowns. I remember snows well over my head as a child. Now I am a big dumb lug over 6 feet.  😏 

 

Another big blizzard was 1985. There was the one in October 2006 that dumped 4 feet. 4 feet in October with leaves still on trees is like 10 feet in February. AmeriCorps had to come in and help places like Birchfield in West Seneca. All the old trees on the street I grew up on were wiped put. Canopy totally gone today. Places like Birchfield along BFLo Creek in Ebenezer/W.Seneca looked like Nagasaki...

 

Anyway... The only reporting that got done back then was from the official station @ Airport in Cheektowaga and they are almost out of the historical, traditional SouthTowns SnowBelt.

 

BFLo averages 95" a year.

 

Southtowns and into the SoutherTier is closer to 150-200"  AVERAGE into the hills alee of The Lake.

 

219 would always close... Etc... Big snows were there, just didn't make anything of it... Avoided it, went around those microclimates 😉: @BringBackFergy

Funny. Was just talking with @Gugny tonight and wondered if you were in WS during 77. Pretty sure you were. In retrospect, it was fun as a 10 yr old. Go outside. Drifts were huge. Listened to WBEN. Schools closed for two weeks. I’m sure you remember all that. 

[Augie]

How often should you have a 100 or 500 year storm? My math is fuzzy on that. 

 

It seems like we are the only team having crazy weather games in the last few years. I KNOW that is not true, but it just feels like we are being picked on in some way, much like the starting QB when Fitz is your backup.  

[Saxum]

On 12/20/2022 at 9:37 PM, BillsPride12 said:

Buffalo tends to get a once in a generation storm every year it seems like 

 

It would help Buffalo population if generation came every year.

[ExiledInIllinois]

2 hours ago, Augie said:

How often should you have a 100 or 500 year storm? My math is fuzzy on that. 

 

It seems like we are the only team having crazy weather games in the last few years. I KNOW that is not true, but it just feels like we are being picked on in some way, much like the starting QB when Fitz is your backup.  

Needs to be fact checked, but I heard the NFL team with the most postponed home games:

 

 

ANSWER: The Miami Dolphins

[Augie]

3 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Needs to be fact checked, but I heard the NFL team with the most postponed home games:

 

 

ANSWER: The Miami Dolphins

 

Dolphins must have a lot of early season lightning stops. That’s a seriously deadly event. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

Your 2022 "WhiteChristmas Map:"

1" or more on ground @ Christmas = WhiteChristmas. 

 

~SOURCE: NYTimes

 

It may be wrong but looks like no for Detroit, Toldeo (which makes sense given it's tempered protection from the Lakes) and east of Rochester which along with a spot in SouthernTier seems odd...

 

Where's Tua's "Alabama Snow?" 😏 

Edited December 23, 2022 by ExiledInIllinois

[WEATHER DOT COM]

Sleeting a bit in Buffalo. It’s going to begin in the next couple hours here

[EmotionallyUnstable]

Winds are picking up in the north towns. We battened down the hatches as best we could last night. We’ve got two big trees next door that we are worried about hitting the house, and failed to instal a back up genny or battery powered sump pump back up, so definitely fingers crossed we don’t lose power for an extended time as a flooded finished basement is not a good early holiday gift. 
 

othewise, my girls and I aren’t going anywhere or doing anything but keeping warm, and sledding through a variety of holiday movies songs and activities. Actually quite looking forward to it! 
 

Stay safe, everyone’

[Process]

Wow the winds are whipping already. Two straight days of this plus three feet of snow? Not good.

[muppy]

Lord  please protect people in harms way in this blizzard weather. Not only the public but the people who must be on the roadways for whatever reason  working. I pray for the electricians who will be restoring power.  I pray for people not to lose electricity for an extended time.  I pray for safety over all areas of need. 

 

Lord have mercy.  In Jesus name Amen

 

 

 

 

[BillsPride12]

45 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Winds are picking up in the north towns. We battened down the hatches as best we could last night. We’ve got two big trees next door that we are worried about hitting the house, and failed to instal a back up genny or battery powered sump pump back up, so definitely fingers crossed we don’t lose power for an extended time as a flooded finished basement is not a good early holiday gift. 
 

othewise, my girls and I aren’t going anywhere or doing anything but keeping warm, and sledding through a variety of holiday movies songs and activities. Actually quite looking forward to it! 
 

Stay safe, everyone’

What Holiday movies do you have on deck?

[Draconator]

I can barely see the house across the street from us on Cheektowaga/West Seneca border, (Cheektowaga zip code, West Seneca schools). It's a full-on blizzard here now.

Edited December 23, 2022 by Draconator
Grammarly fail

[Buffalo716]

The lights in my house are flickering already 

 

and the winds Are whipping… buckle up and stay safe 

[PetermansRedemption]

This moved in quite quickly. I was able

to get to Target at 7AM, got home around 8. By 8:30 it was horrible. 

[Draconator]

Travel ban in all of Erie County starting at 9:30 am EST.

[muppy]

4 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Travel ban in all of Erie County starting at 9:30 am EST.

and I think people will pay attention to it this time. It reads BRUTAL I wouldnt willingly  choose to deal with blizzard AND Ice at the same time; Its a recipe for disaster

Edited December 23, 2022 by muppy

[CountDorkula]

Power lines already down in Hamburg. Going to be a long day. 

[Draconator]

This storm has more snow and blow than a 1991 Bills postgame team party.

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