Mega Snowstorm

[pc farmer]

Forgot to mention:
We had all of 1" of white stuff at my Bed-time "9 PM" last night, here on the mountain.

Bear

We had 6 inches from that storm. Almost all gone now.

 

[gmc2003]

Just a dusting here so far.

Chris

 

[yankee2bbq]

Thanks for the education. Heck down here in the south we get a heavy frost and the whole city shuts down...LOL. The snow you guys get is nice to look at....As long as I can stay cuddled up to a fire and drink coffee all day.
Jim

I understand about the “whole city shuts down” after a light snow. Around here 2 inches of snow, school is canceled and the whole city is in a frenzy to head to Walmarts to get milk n bread. Something I will never get used to, since I grew up in Northwest Indiana, where we got lake effect snow.

 

[gmc2003]

Since we're discussing snow storms. Isn't it funny how our parents never bought a snow blower until the kids all moved out of the house. The same holds true for lawn mowers. I think I was 15 years old before my dad bought a lawn mower that had an engine. Then when I turned 19 and moved out of the house he bought a self-propelled lawn mower and a snow blower. Talk about child labor.

Chris

 

[JckDanls 07]

I have family still there.. 1 hr east of Buffalo...

Blizzard of '77 survivor!

Same here.. I remember riding our snowmobiles over the top of a semi truck from one end to the other as it had snow drifts on both ends ...

 

[eag2000]

Sounds like a good excuse to have a big ol' smoker rolling to smoke some turkeys etc. just about the time it hits ... and keep a path beat down to it going back and forth to get more beverage!

 

[clifish]

Sounds like a good excuse to have a big ol' smoker rolling to smoke some turkeys etc. just about the time it hits ... and keep a path beat down to it going back and forth to get more beverage!

Better yet stash the beer in the snow so it stays really cold.!

 

[Bearcarver]

So did my place in Pike county but all gone now

I remember in the old days, when we'd go to Pike County for the first day of Trout Fishing. That was mid-April, and we'd find dozens of deer laying dead on the high areas of the forest. Some were actually laying dead on top of each other.
I remember my Dad telling me that deer go to high ground before storms. Then they eat everything they can reach. Then many used to die of starvation. The young were first to go, because they couldn't reach as high as larger deer, when they browse. Then more big storms would come through, which is how some died on top of others. First deer die----Then Big snows covering dead deer-----More Deer dying on top------
More big Snows-----More Death---------
Then in Spring, when we'd get there for fishing, the stink of all the dead deer would show us where they were. It was sad.
I remember seeing one half dead deer body stuck in the "Y" of a tree, where something had tried to drag it away from the rest of the bodies.

Bear

 

[bill ace 350]

Storm to the north of us.

Since i didn't have to work today, brother in law replacing my glass top electric with gas range.

Had planned on installing it tomorrow, but why not today?

No natural gas available by me, so had it converted to propane...

Indoor pressure canning in the near future!

 

[tbern]

what's the latest estimates for storm totals for this one?

 

[bill ace 350]

what's the latest estimates for storm totals for this one?

Here are the current numbers

See how many inches - or feet - of snow have hit Buffalo and Tug Hill so far (chart)

One spot has already recorded 3 feet of snow, and it's still coming down hard.

www.syracuse.com

 

[tbern]

thanks for that link! amazing amounts

 

[Bearcarver]

We had 6 inches from that storm. Almost all gone now.

That's what I thought---It looked like your area got a lot more than ours did with that one!! LOL----You needed it more---You were kinda "Snow-starved".

Bear

 

[bill ace 350]

Band staying north of me!

 

[tbern]

Amazing, 6' of snow

 

[YooperSmoker]

Ya we get snows like that up here in the Keweenaw of Mi
lake effect out of every direction except SSW
ours is the fluffy dry snow that blows around easy

be safe down there and don't forget to shovel your roof's off

Mike

 

[Steve H]

Typical lake effect band rolling in. Not my photo.

 

[tbern]

Love that picture, so beautiful!!

 

[Steve H]

Love that picture, so beautiful!!

This guy has taken remarkable pictures of the Buffalo area.

 

[oscar]

A friend lives in Hamburg, where he reports just over 60 inches....so far. Spent the last two days keeping the furnace direct vent cleared out after it got buried and alarmed out. Meanwhile, the Tug gets no press, but the same amount of snow. Bill, is deer season over in the Nortern Zone? All that snow, and the trails can't open until deer season's over. Correct?