Intuitive fred888: Buffalo, New York buried in 6+ feet of snow

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Buffalo, New York buried in 6+ feet of snow

This is why I sometimes think we might see someday a scenario similar to "The Day After Tomorrow".

When was the last time you saw something like this in New York state? And if people can't get it off their roofs they soon will be collapsing too.

The winter of 1992 (just after I moved out of Mt. Shasta) the previous August to the California coast with my family. We came up to visit friends to find 12 feet of snow in town. This meant then that roofs were collapsing and even if people tried to shovel the snow off their roofs they couldn't because the snow was higher than their roofs. Another problem was snow pushing through windows and skylights and breaking both. The other problem was there was nowhere to park with 12 feet of snow on the streets too. Also when you plowed roads where did you put the snow?

Also, in conditions like this you need one person on the roof and one on the ground spotting in case the one on the roof slips off the roof you need someone to dig them out or call an ambulance and the fire department before they die like someone who is in an avalanche. Because until the sun hits the snow and forms a crust you likely are going to fall in pretty deep without skis or snowshoes on. And wearing snow shoes on a roof isn't the best idea either in most cases. However, under the right conditions it might be helpful if you don't puncture the roof depending the type of snow shoes you are using.

There was 6 feet of snow yesterday with 3 to 4 feet of snow coming last night more last night and today in Buffalo, New York. It has been declared a disaster area. Lake effect snow will now occur until the lakes freeze. But until then they are going to be buried more and more. Yesterday the water temperature was still at 43 degrees down from 47 the day before Fahrenheit.

I found these photos at Google images under the heading "6+ feet of snow in Buffalo."

By the way the following pictures are what about 12 feet of snow looks like when you are driving by it. I have skied in snow up to 40 feet deep but driving there is usually a little scary because of how high it is next to you. Then you have to figure out how to get up on top of it with your skis.