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Nobody gets "used to it" when 6 feet of snow falls in such a short time. This has all the makings of a disaster in 3 days time, the time it takes for food to run out and emergency services unable to respond. Fingers crossed it doesn't come to that.
-- Edited by biggaRView on Wednesday 19th of November 2014 05:03:35 PM
We're about 45 miles south of Buffalo but have 0 snow fall, that's the issues with lake effect snow. VERY narrow bands of snow with 4-5" of snow per hours. There have even been times when the snow fall was so hard/much you got what was referred to as THUNDER SNOW. It would actually Thunder and Lightning during the snow storm! So far areas just south of Buffalo have received over 70" and in the next 2 days they expect the totals to be over 100" which is a WHOLE WINTERS WORTH of snow for the areas.
It's crazy how much they got. We are camping in a lake effect area in Michigan and we received a foot yesterday. We can handle that. But 6 feet? I'd seriously be worried about our roof.
Lived in the Great Lakes area for years. Some years not so bad, some years cold came early and lakes were still warm and the snow machines went to work. Is this worst that most years, yes. Is it the worst it has ever been, probably not.
A lot of the deaths were people who had heart attacks when trying to shovel out - - happens every winter in snow country where people don't realize the stress that shoveling and cold can put on an aging, or sick, heart.
As for supplies - many people may have thought they didn't need to have their winter supplies in yet, but really mid-November isn't too early for lake effect snow. Most know to have a week's worth of food on hand and usually stock up when a storm warning is given, especially before the lakes freeze.
Barb
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Barb & Dave O'Keeffe
2002 Alpine 36 MDDS (Figment II), 2018 Ford C-Max HYBRID
The coolest part of these snow storms is how neighbors come together to get through the emergency. Many talk to neighbors they have had for years and hardly knew. Compassion runs rampant as people share what they have and keep an eye on the elderly and those that have physical challenges.
I remember the Christmas blizzard in Denver in the early 80s. After the snow stopped and the sun came out, everyone you talked to had a smile and spirits were really high. I guess the daily stress was gone. No one was working but everyone was focused on dealing with the problems the snow brought. Helping each other was the theme. It was a really great time.
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One of the biggest differences is that we now have the Weather Channel out there hyping every storm as if it is the "storm of the century". Naming winter storms is really ridiculous. And what was wrong with differentiating winter storms as Alberta Clippers, which were more of less of a straight west-east jet stream variety moving through the northern tier very quickly versus the Siberian Express coming out of the polar regions with the jet stream doing the north-south bulge and heading for Texas. Of course neither were as new age as "Polar Vortex".
Barb
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Barb & Dave O'Keeffe
2002 Alpine 36 MDDS (Figment II), 2018 Ford C-Max HYBRID
One of the biggest differences is that we now have the Weather Channel out there hyping every storm as if it is the "storm of the century". Naming winter storms is really ridiculous. And what was wrong with differentiating winter storms as Alberta Clippers, which were more of less of a straight west-east jet stream variety moving through the northern tier very quickly versus the Siberian Express coming out of the polar regions with the jet stream doing the north-south bulge and heading for Texas. Of course neither were as new age as "Polar Vortex".
Barb
Barb, come on now.... don't you know, it's the end of the earth as we know it. Media panic sells advertising space and eyeballs to their website too. Stupid headlines like "200 million people at risk".... ooooooo, scary stuff!!!
I think it's pretty safe to say that Buffalo's dumping was their 'storm of the century'! :)
Here in Grand Rapids, we surpassed our record yesterday for the snowiest November ever. While it is currently only at 29", it is still a lot of snow. Nice and toasty in the 5th wheel, though! Sun is out today!
