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Well...not necessarily going to happen. There wasn't widespread flooding in Snowvember II a few weeks ago when all that snow melted relatively quickly in a week or so. Will depend on if there is ice blocking the waterways now.

Agreed, they had plenty of time for advance notice on this that it was going to be a very rare type of event that happened here. But of course you have the people in the area(who almost always live up in Lewiston, NF or Youngstown that get no snow or very little) who claim it was a massive overreaction to shut down the area.

They should have harsher penalties and fines for people who do this sort of thing during declared emergencies. Just complete scumbags.

Those who forced employees to come in that ended up dead due to being stuck should be criminally prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Pure scum

The best way they can...they have relatively enclosed places where they take multiple measurements in different spots and then likely average them out.

Also unreal we get this 5 weeks after Snowvember II gave us 7 feet of snow in places as well. Hamburg has over 140" right now...maybe even 150" on the year so far.

People being out in this and wanting to go "sightseeing" as usual cause the biggest headaches. Why people can't just sit their @sses at home for 48 hours I'll never understand.

Because the thruway being open would necessitate those exits being opened in places where the surrounding area still is like a warzone. Southtowns just got blasted with 3-4 feet of lake effect yesterday so now that area needs to be plowed out as well... It makes no sense to allow people to travel into and thru areas where travel bans are still in effect. That's what you are missing. 😃

But in all fairness it was far better than in 77 when there was literally almost no lead time from the time forecasters warned people and the storm hitting and absolutely ZERO in the way of emergency preparedness back then...that didn't even exist. In large part this area's future responses were learned from all of the failures then.

Buffalo has done it!! This needs its own thread as it's a monumental achievement as records go back to 1878 here. With the 6.2" recorded today at the airport thru 10am, Buffalo has set the all-time record for most snowfall in a season thru December with 98.9", breaking the 95.9" previous record set in 2000. Current storm total is 49.7" officially. Almost a foregone conclusion this will be the first time ever Buffalo records 100+" of snow by the end of December(a given based on the previous record being 95.9"). Still lightly snowing and expecting 3-5" more tonight and 1-3" tomorrow. It's been a hell of a winter already...now Buffalo sets it's eyes on becoming the first city with 100K+ population to ever get 200" in a season in the US. Buffalo also hols that record of 199.2" in the infamous 1976-77 season(blizzard of 77). As a sidenote, 2000 saw the 2nd highest seasonal snowfall ever of 158.7".

Wegmans and Tops are both closed Monday per the late night news. Yeah this was the craziest storm I've ever been through. The Buffalo Airport reported 50 consecutive reports of blizzard conditions, or over 34 hours straight...this is by FAR the longest ever in recorded history. 2nd place isn't even close. The combined duration and severity of the winds, heavy lake snows and whiteout conditions make this an all-timer. And Lockport "only" got 2 feet

Columbus has no passenger rail service, so they would likely need to go to Cleveland and then transfer to a bus. They could charter a few buses, it's only about a 5.5 hour drive(I used to live there for 6 years)

2023?

It's so crazy how WNY is divided so drastically in terms of snowfall where living up near Lewiston means you only get half the snowfall or less each year that the metro area gets and then another 30 miles south you get double the amount the metro area gets.

Officially 43 inches at the airport as of 7am...puts us at exactly 95" for the season, and a little under 1" away from the Oct-Nov-Dec all time record snowfall. Should get that by tonight.

Watching The Day After Tomorrow currently...seems appropriate after the last 48 hours. Snowing like crazy again here...Buffalo closing in on the snowiest Oct-Nov-Dec period on record. As of 9pm, were around 11" from the record set in 2000 of 95.9 inches. Based on forecasted snowfall of 16-22" overnight odds are good we will not only be looking at a new record before dawn tomorrow but the first time ever we have gone over 100" of snow in that timeframe.

Winds clocked in at 73 mph at airport and 79 mph in Windmillwanna. If you are in the Southtowns, don't worry, you'll get about 3 feet tomorrow.

Buffalo set both a record rainfall for the day yesterday at 1.98" AND a record snowfall for the day of 22.3"... I'm not sure how many times that has ever happened before but I would imagine it is exceedingly rare.

Gusts to 73mph at airport and 79mph in Lackawanna so far...

This is legit "The Day After Tomorrow" conditions in WNY...I wasn't alive for the Blizzard of '77 but this has to be 2nd place...house is literally shaking.

I don't think it matters anymore. We are going to score regardless.

Agree...I spent the last year or two being frustrated every Bills game watching it with my Mom, which was our tradition because she was becoming forgetful and would ask questions I had answered several times before...she passed away the summer before the Bills broke their 17 year playoff drought...I always say they had someone up in heaven putting in a good word for them... I would give anything to watch one more game with her...

Now they have increased projections to 4-5 feet...already more than a foot so far officially at the airport as of 7pm

NOAA Buffalo...forecasts and then select winter(at the bottom)

Don't have to worry about "ONLY" 12" this time...we will be lucky if it's ONLY 36"...potential high end projections are around 50"