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Twixie said:
On our news it said you are in for a rapid thaw..which will bring more problems due to to the magnitude of water from the melting snow..then it will rain..and then freeze again..
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Predicting rain and 50 degree weather for the weekend! Not good!!
 

Many house roofs are caving in from the weight of the snow .. and they are dealing with thunder snow now.

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Driving in Buffalo snowstorm ... what bothers me about this video, is the fact that at any time there, the weight of the snow and the wind, could rip those windshield wipers off the car. That happened to me once in a driving snowstorm in Ohio ... you are really helpless then!



 
Bonnie said:
Driving in Buffalo snowstorm ... what bothers me about this video, is the fact that at any time there, the weight of the snow and the wind, could rip those windshield wipers off the car. That happened to me once in a driving snowstorm in Ohio ... you are really helpless then!
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If the guy is videoing while driving, that would be dangerous.
 
I have only experienced about a 3-1/2 foot snowfall and found it difficult and scary given the loss of power and the depth of the cold that accompanied it. Even so, I cannot imagine what the people in Buffalo are going through which such an overwhelming snowfall.

“The snow was endless, a heavy blanket on the outdoors; it had a way about it. A beauty. But I knew that, like many things, beauty could be deceiving.” ~ Cambria Hebert, Whiteout
 
NancyNGA said:
I remember that, Bonnie. The snow was above my head. It was great. Of course I was only 4 at the time.:) I would not like it now.
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Same here Nancy .. (that's why I'm down here..;)) .. I was about 6 at the time.
One incident I remember ...my stubborn grandfather wasn't going to take the storm as an excuse not to be able to drive into town for some groceries. I was in the car with him .. why I don't remember! .. but anyway, about a mile up the road, he flew into a deep ditch. It was about 8 hours before the emergency storm crews could get the car out. They probably were most unhappy to have to be doing services like that, when they told people to stay off the roads!
I do remember the National Guard in full force around the area. .. it was a strange sight.
 
14 now dead. 30 collapsed roofs with worse to come with rains.
2 died being moved from old folks home that had a roof problem.

At least roads are clearing. Hundreds of trucks backed up at border crossing truck stops.. Terrible.
 
[]Doo[]Der said:
14 now dead. 30 collapsed roofs with worse toi come with rains.
2 died being moved from old folks home that had a roof problem.

At least roads are clearing. Hundreds of trucks backed up at border crossing truck stops.. Terrible.
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Did no-one watch the weather forecasts...yesterday on here we had the mayor of Buffalo begging people not to go out..then a quick clip of the roads..yep people were going out..sliding into each other..getting stuck..just makes things worse..
 
Twixie said:
Did no-one watch the weather forecasts...yesterday on here we had the mayor of Buffalo begging people not to go out..then a quick clip of the roads..yep people were going out..sliding into each other..getting stuck..just makes things worse..
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Everyone thinks they can do better than the next guy, and so they don't listen to reason.
 
Terrible conditions for them. I always think about any pregnant women having to get to hospital fast!So lucky here where I am, some Winters we do have a bit of snow, but nothing to really worry about, and at the moment we still haven't had the first frosts let alone any snow.
 
Twixie said:
It's Mother Nature's way of telling us she could still squash us like flies..

Even with our technology..
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Especially with our technology. In 1950, fewer people, fewer cars. They stayed home or walked. I remember a lady from the corner store, who walked 3 miles with a sled to get bread, and sold it all on the trip back. People did not complain, and were more self sufficient. ...course I was seven.:)
 
We get our share in Chicago, however being on the west side of the Lake keeps that lake affect snow down.. although the closer you get to the Lake the more chance of it. Folks in Northern Indiana get hammered regularly.. same with western Michigan.

(for non-Chicagoans... the term "the Lake" refers to Lake Michigan.)
 
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