Christmas storm could be “Paralyzing” for Buffalo

[Process]

Check your attics....just took a peek at mine. Full of snow. 

[Buffalo716]

30 minutes ago, Process said:

Check your attics....just took a peek at mine. Full of snow. 

Mine is good 

 

But everything outside is a mess

[Big Turk]

43 inches officially at the airport as of 7am this morning...

 

Puts us a little under 93" for the year. Should get enough to break the Oct-Nov-Dec  snowfall record by tomorrow night.

 

UPDATE: apparently we got a few inches from somewhere else and now have 95.0" for the year. 89.9" as of midnight(37.9" storm total at that point) and got an addition 5.1" after that.

Edited December 25, 2022 by Big Turk

[Draconator]

My son-in-law works for the Thruway Authority. 

 

They currently can't put salt down on the Thruway, because the salt has frozen inside the trucks blocking the opening to spread the salt on the roadway.

[Not at the table Karlos]

I really feel these records are bull. It hardly rained before the storm and we've gotten a lot more snow in 24 hours. 

[Big Turk]

6 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

I really feel these records are bull. It hardly rained before the storm and we've gotten a lot more snow in 24 hours. 

 

We literally set a rainfall record and a snowfall record on the same day on the 23rd. Not sure what you are referring to.

[Not at the table Karlos]

8 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

We literally set a rainfall record and a snowfall record on the same day on the 23rd. Not sure what you are referring to.

We've definitely had more snow than 22 inches in a day. Multiple times. And when did it rain that hard? It was a very light rain for a short period of time at best. 

 

This seems like one of these all time football records that are set every game every week.

Edited December 25, 2022 by Not at the table Karlos

[Beck Water]

6 hours ago, Process said:

Check your attics....just took a peek at mine. Full of snow. 

 

How does that occur?

[Big Turk]

6 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

We've definitely had more snow than 22 inches in a day. Multiple times. And when did it rain that hard? It was a very light rain for a short period of time at best. 

 

This seems like one of these all time football records that are set every game every week.

 

The record was literally for that day, ie Dec 23rd. There has never been more than 22.3" measured on December 23rd.  There have been 7 times where we received more than 20" of snow in a day.  Two of them have been this year and 3 were from 2001.

[Not at the table Karlos]

2 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

The record was literally for that day, ie Dec 23rd. There has never been more than 22.3" measured on December 23rd.  There have been 7 times where we received more than 20" of snow in a day.  Two of them have been this year and 3 were from 2001.

Ok so it is just like those stupid cherry picked football stats. 

[BillsFan4]

Pics looking out my front door. I’m 6’ tall and I’m standing with the camera near chest height. I have no idea how I’m going to clear all this snow!

 

 

 

 

[Big Turk]

20 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Ok so it is just like those stupid cherry picked football stats. 

 

No, it's the way weather records have been kept since 1878 here.

[Process]

50 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

How does that occur?

It shouldn't. Snow blowing horizontally through vents I'm assuming I got to get up there today and take a better look.

[BillsFan4]

All I want for Christmas is a snow removal service! 😂

[Beck Water]

15 minutes ago, Process said:

It shouldn't. Snow blowing horizontally through vents I'm assuming I got to get up there today and take a better look.

 

Yikes.

[ExiledInIllinois]

There's a snowplow stuck on my MiL's street... Hang on till Friday.   Rain and 50°.

 

I know it's the Holidays, but why are people traveling. Think the pandemic could have got them into right frame of mind and not venture out... No reason for stuck cars in 2022. 

 

Game Monday in Cincy... 60° & rain.

 

Viva la weather!

9 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said:

All I want for Christmas is a snow removal service! 😂

Cancel state income tax and make the South pay for it. Works for Florida & Texas. 

[That's No Moon]

10 hours ago, Process said:

Check your attics....just took a peek at mine. Full of snow. 

That's not ideal. Good luck with that.

[BillsFan4]

I got my snow blower started. Phew! That’s a relief.

 

It was just froze up. I used a heat gun on it for a bit and got it running. Then let it run to thaw out. Had to keep adjusting the choke knob for the first 5 minutes or so to keep it from stalling.

 

Then once I got it started the drive and reverse were frozen so it was still useless. Used the heat gun on the drive case + shaft and rolled it back+forth. That eventually got it working.
 

Made a path to the garage (so I can get to the extra fuel and propane heater) and to my gate then quit. No reason to kill myself clearing the end of my driveway. I can take my time. My street is packed with 3-4ft. of snow and 6-7ft snow drifts and the snow is solid as a rock. They’re going to have to clear it with loaders/bobcats/excavators (etc). No way a plow gets through that snow. So it’ll be days before it’s clear.

 

Clearing this snow is crazy! I’ve never seen snow this packed and solid. 

[EmotionallyUnstable]

2 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said:

I got my snow blower started. Phew! That’s a relief.

 

It was just froze up. I used a heat gun on it for a bit and got it running. Then let it run to thaw out. Had to keep adjusting the choke knob for the first 5 minutes or so to keep it from stalling.

 

Then once I got it started the drive and reverse were frozen so it was still useless. Used the heat gun on the drive case + shaft and rolled it back+forth. That eventually got it working.
 

Made a path to the garage (so I can get to the extra fuel and propane heater) and to my gate then quit. No reason to kill myself clearing the end of my driveway. I can take my time. My street is packed with 3-4ft. of snow and 6-7ft snow drifts and the snow is solid as a rock. They’re going to have to clear it with loaders/bobcats/excavators (etc). No way a plow gets through that snow. So it’ll be days before it’s clear.

 

Clearing this snow is crazy! I’ve never seen snow this packed and solid. 

Not sure where you are. In Clarence, the drifts are making snow blowing impossible… as someone mentioned, we had high lifts down our streets yesterday but nothing since. I’m about 1/3 out of our driveway, and likely through the heaviest and biggest piles. Going back out for another round now.

[US Egg]

Steady snow since drifted back about 8 last night.

 

Thank goodness for FaceTime, face to face Xmas with grandkids.

 

Think my wife’s going through some sort of not cooking Xmas dinner withdrawal.