A Towering Wall of Snow Fell on Buffalo

[Earth_First]

Joseph DeBenedictis @Joseph_Video Follow
The wall of snow is getting closer!! #Buffalo #Snow #BuffaloSnow @weathernetwork @NBCNews
12:07 PM - 18 Nov 2014



Tim Ballisty @IrishEagle Follow

Another cool photo showing the outer fringe of the lake-effect snow band impacting south Buffalo. Via Edgar Madrid.
3:33 PM - 18 Nov 2014

h/t http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/11/towering-wall-of-snow-sweeps-through-buffalo/382907/

[scarletwoman]

1. Whoa! I'm VERY glad I don't live there!

Yikes!

[Earth_First]

3. Areas south of Buffalo already have 40"+

There are areas that are forecast to have nearly 70" by Thursday morning...

That's nearly an entire season's snowfall over the period of three-four days!

70 miles east where we live, we barely have 3" on the ground.

Lake snow is amazing stuff!

[dflprincess]

14. I lived there when I was a kid

-- I'll take our below temps over that snow. I hate driving when we get a few inches.

[shenmue]

2. Lake Effect is a great name for a band

There probably already is one called that.

[brewens]

8. The greatest country band name would be "Free Beer"! On the reader board at the nightclub,

"Tonight only Free Beer!"

[shenmue]

10. Hee hee!

[hifiguy]

16. With special guest TBA

As in To Be Announced except that's the name of the band. What a marquee 2nite Free Beer and TBA.

[cwydro]

20. Used to be a bar in the Florida Keys...

the outside sign said, "Free beer tomorrow."

I hated when they tore that place down.

[Godhumor]

23. "The Lake Effect" is the name of a Buffalo A Cappella group

It is also the name of a diner with the best homemade ice cream you will ever taste.

[Octafish]

4. THAT is a towering wall of snow.

Outstanding examples of lake effect snow. Thank you, Earth_First!

[tridim]

5. Does lake effect snow smell fishy?

I seriously couldn't take Buffalo weather. Ugh.

[logosoco]

6. That is a very amazing and beautiful weather phenomenon

and I am very glad I don't live by a large lake! Wow. Those people are hardy!
I live in a hilly area of the mid west, we are messed up with even three inches of the right (wrong?) kind of snow.

[2naSalit]

7. Wow, great pictures!

Looks like all the snow we should have by now, in the northern Rockies, has hit Buffalo in one fell swoop. Out here we have only a few paltry inches so far. We should have at least a few feet of the stuff by now.

Good skiing for a while there though.

[Tree-Hugger]

9. Wow!

That video is amazing. Wow.

Many prayers and good thoughts to those affected by this.

[jeff47]

11. Local National Weather Service office has posted a couple impressive pictures to their facebook

https://www.facebook.com/NWSBinghamton

Here's an Interstate highway in the area:

[L0oniX]

12. Florida ain't so bad now.

[hifiguy]

17. Nor is Minnesota

[roguevalley]

13. its 40 degrees in alaska. polar bears will probably be extinct ahead of schedule

[Generic Brad]

15. Is 70" normal for a Buffalo snowstorm?

I know that city gets a lot of snow - but, sheesh! Nearly 6 feet of snow in one shot is incomprehensible to me.

[hedgehog]

19. I'd say that somewhere bt Watertown and Dunkirk ends up with that much snow every two or three years

although it may be happening more often now - cold air dipping down from the Arctic more often to cross over increasingly warm lakes.The big secret about the weather in Upstate NY - we tend to have wonderful Springs, Summers and Falls. Winter is when we stay in and do the housecleaning.

[KentuckyWoman]

28. in 1970 something the tops of phone poles were barely sticking out.

for a week the coverage dominated all 3 channels. It swallowed whole neighborhoods. Can not imagine what they went through.

[NeoGreen]

32. I know what you mean...

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...old family photos, circa 1973.


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[hedgehog]

18. Things may change, but generally the snow falls south of the city -

it's just whoever heard of Boston, NY? For this storm, South Buffalo took a hit, but my Dad was looking at his grass up north of the city.

The area is very flat, and my Dad can step out his front door and see the "wall" twenty miles south of where he is.

[cwydro]

21. There's people stranded on the roads.

Scary.

[Godhumor]

22. I am in Buffalo. Wall of snow is correct

Where I live, we got nothing at all (though we are supposed to get hit tonight). 5 miles away got 29 inches. 20 miles away got 3 feet overnight and averaged 5 inches per hour during the day. Most of the city was under driving bans.

People have pretty much taken it in stride, though, and it is supposed to hit 56 degrees next Monday. So, no worries.

[Agschmid]

24. Heard the whole thruway to Henrietta was closed!

Would!

[greyl]

25. But it's a dry snow. nt

[TheMastersNemesis]

26. The Snow Could Be There Until Spring.

[Earth_First]

27. Nah.

60 on Monday...

[ChazII]

29. I will take my walls of dust here in Phx

and Buffalo can have their snow. Seriously, hope everyone stays safe.

[Earth_First]

30. ...and then there's this guy in Lancaster:

via 10 NBC

[Purveyor]

31. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this with snow. Thanks for posting. eom

[Heywood J]

33. "We should get a place in the Southtowns," she said. "It's cheaper!"

This is why I love Amherst and Tonawanda.