Greetings from Buffalo, NY 12/13/07 (trees, weather, grass)

[artyst]

gorgeous! thanks for sharing!

[Genghis]

Yeah, these pictures of Buffalo snow are gorgeous all right. Especially those of Cazenovia park, which unfortunately I never had time to see. Don't those just look like generic urban snow scenes? I mean, you could take any old city, put down a bunch of sloppy wet snow, and then say oh look, it's so beautiful... Here, how about this lovely image from the blizzard of 77:



Or how about this very attractive one from last year's October mess:


Ah, the memories

[FedupWNY]

In light of that, I'd like to share 3 easy steps of the snowy conditions as a true Buffalonian: we deal, we adapt and we move forward! If there's a picture or two or 5 sharing the wonder of Mother Nature, it's all good.

Somewhere in the middle of it all we read http://reinventcny.tripod.com/

Snowiest US Micropolitan and Metropolitan Areas

179.8 Marquette, MI
131.7 Escanaba, MI
131.2 Sault Ste. Marie, MI
125.0 Traverse City, MI
114.0 Watertown, NY
113.8 Auburn, NY
111.9 Syracuse, NY
108.2 Utica, NY
101.0 Juneau, AK
100.3 Rochester, NY
100.3 Flagstaff, AZ
97.0 Buffalo, NY
95.8 Muskegon, MI


We had a truly spectacular storm in 1977, although it wasn't fierce enough to make the Top Ten Storms of the Century. The famous Blizzard of 1977 didn't begin in Buffalo and end at the city line, it crippled the entire Northeastern US and much of Ontario, Canada.[/color] [/quote][/color]

Buffalo has more days per year in which the temperature is above 60F than days with snow on the ground.

[TXChristian]

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Ah, the memories[/QUOTE]



Really!! I mean how often do you get to walk on the rooftops with your dog?

Great picture!!

[artyst]

i don't notice the snow much after it turns brown. i just appreciate how beautiful it is as it's falling or when its covering the ground like a winter coat making the air still, or when it's blowing around like a banshi, or when it's decorating the tree limbs, or when it's glistening in the sun, or crunching under my feet. i don't notice that it turns unattractive. it kind of bothers me when people say they hate the snow when it gets dirty. these folks probably see the yuck in everything and don't notice the beauty!

[NYGirl1216]

The snow is beautiful especially this time of the year. It definitely puts me in the "holiday spirit". Doesn't feel like Christmas here in the southeast - Georgia. The weather has been in the mid to high 70's and sunny! Although I like the great weather here, I miss snow at Christmas.

[BuffaloTransplant]

Originally Posted by FedupWNY

In light of that, I'd like to share 3 easy steps of the snowy conditions as a true Buffalonian: we deal, we adapt and we move forward! If there's a picture or two or 5 sharing the wonder of Mother Nature, it's all good.

Somewhere in the middle of it all we read http://reinventcny.tripod.com/

Snowiest US Micropolitan and Metropolitan Areas

179.8 Marquette, MI
131.7 Escanaba, MI
131.2 Sault Ste. Marie, MI
125.0 Traverse City, MI
114.0 Watertown, NY
113.8 Auburn, NY
111.9 Syracuse, NY
108.2 Utica, NY
101.0 Juneau, AK
100.3 Rochester, NY
100.3 Flagstaff, AZ
97.0 Buffalo, NY
95.8 Muskegon, MI


We had a truly spectacular storm in 1977, although it wasn't fierce enough to make the Top Ten Storms of the Century. The famous Blizzard of 1977 didn't begin in Buffalo and end at the city line, it crippled the entire Northeastern US and much of Ontario, Canada.[/color]

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The reason the snow was so much in 1977 was that Lake Erie froze and we had snow sitting on the ice all over it. Then we had high winds and a storm blowing all the snow into the areas mostly south of the city. It was NOT Lake Effect. It was a quirk. I lived in North Buffalo near Kenmore at the time and we had only 2 feet.... here, they had almost 12 feet in drifts. It was a quirk storm. Personally, we could sneakily drive a few blocks to Kenmore and saw no problems, even w/Buffalo under a ban (Kenmore plowed a lot of N. Buffalo).

Last year was a quirk too. We got about 20-24 inches in Oct.and shovelled out. In 2 days, it was almost gone and we were sawing trees. OTOH, we had no power for days. We do have a generator and we used it... have had it for years.

[FedupWNY]

Originally Posted by BuffaloTransplant

The reason the snow was so much in 1977 was that Lake Erie froze and we had snow sitting on the ice all over it. Then we had high winds and a storm blowing all the snow into the areas mostly south of the city. It was NOT Lake Effect. It was a quirk. I lived in North Buffalo near Kenmore at the time and we had only 2 feet.... here, they had almost 12 feet in drifts. It was a quirk storm. Personally, we could sneakily drive a few blocks to Kenmore and saw no problems, even w/Buffalo under a ban (Kenmore plowed a lot of N. Buffalo).

Last year was a quirk too. We got about 20-24 inches in Oct.and shovelled out. In 2 days, it was almost gone and we were sawing trees. OTOH, we had no power for days. We do have a generator and we used it... have had it for years.

FWIW, I quoted what was on the link provided.

We never lost power (most of our neighborhood did though), our cable lines were down though. Half of the tree in front of my house came down and was blocking our front porch. The October storm was more than a fluke ... it was scary.

For others reading, that's no reason to think Buffalo's weather is all that bad though.

[londonbarcelona]

Originally Posted by FedupWNY

FWIW, I quoted what was on the link provided.

We never lost power (most of our neighborhood did though), our cable lines were down though. Half of the tree in front of my house came down and was blocking our front porch. The October storm was more than a fluke ... it was scary.

For others reading, that's no reason to think Buffalo's weather is all that bad though.

Buffalo gets a bad rap for it's weather. I can think of many places where it's worse. If you can get through a few months of cold and snow, you are golden for the rest of the year. In Phoenix, it's SO hot outside most of the year that people who work outside can only work at night or early (like 430am to noon) from March through October!

[BuffaloTransplant]

Originally Posted by londonbarcelona

Buffalo gets a bad rap for it's weather. I can think of many places where it's worse. If you can get through a few months of cold and snow, you are golden for the rest of the year. In Phoenix, it's SO hot outside most of the year that people who work outside can only work at night or early (like 430am to noon) from March through October!

And in the past week, 3 days we broke the high temp records for the days! ( As in temps in the 50s/60s -- records breaking those of up to 80 years ago). The a wind storm. Lost power for an hour; saw lots of trees down -- probably ones damaged a year ago. Today, it was over 40 and it is 1/11/08. It looks odd -- green grass in Erie County in Jan! I wore a light fall jacket today, not a parka. Yhis is not global warming.... it is Buffalo..... if you wait 15 min, the weather changes