Buffalo NY.........Finally dug out the Inlaws. Pictures included

Aren't they used to that kind of weather?

It is the north.

I mean that is a huge amount of snow. But they expect things like this every winter don't they?

I live in Michigan, we always expect massive amounts.

Good that you got the lot of it away though. That stuff can pile up quickly.

Holy crap!

I'm spoiled living in SoCal.

Holy crap!

I'm spoiled living in SoCal.

Come on, don't you want some snow. We have plenty.

Aren't they used to that kind of weather?

It is the north.

I mean that is a huge amount of snow. But they expect things like this every winter don't they?

I live in Michigan, we always expect massive amounts.

Good that you got the lot of it away though. That stuff can pile up quickly.

We live in the Syracuse area... Looks like you all got a big jump on the Snowball award this year!!! I always hate a big storm this early in the season, it seems like as soon as you get done moving all the snow around it melts and makes a freakin mess...

Aren't they used to that kind of weather?

It is the north.

I mean that is a huge amount of snow. But they expect things like this every winter don't they?

I live in Michigan, we always expect massive amounts.

Good that you got the lot of it away though. That stuff can pile up quickly.


I believe the issue was lack of communication, people didn't buy snow tires soon enough, this was the first major snowfall for the specific area, and most of the snow got bad during rush hour on the 23rd...really bad timing for snow to get bad. So when people had not gone and replaced their tires soon enough, they can't get through the massive snow drifts and piled up snow, which means the snow plows can't get through, which means that the snow piles up more. Add into that a weather man that claimed that the weather was going to clear up (3pm wednesday), when it didn't, it was only painfully apparent at 5pm-8pm, and at 8pm, those who were stuck were...well...in a pile of snow on the thruway.

Go Erie County. Oh and btw, it mostly wasn't so bad in most of buffalo, just southern buffalo, west seneca, down to mid hamburg and blasdel?...and through to somewhere near or on the way east toward rochester.

Massive mayhem. Hopefully this will be a lesson. I'd expect this in NC or some random snowstorm in florida...not Erie County, NY.

Another good reason for the "Personal Flame Thrower"...be fixin' all that shit real fast...before coffee was finished brewin.

I went to school up there in the 80's ....I remember ....I just hope they dug out Mighty Taco And Rooties.

The thruway screwed up big time. People new it was coming nothing new here. People that use snow tires have the on already. You will find a lot of people don't use them. Ive never had snow tires on my car, never felt the need for them.
I live in Hamburg and we ended up with 20 inches of snow. The roads where cleared fast and all the kids where in school today.

We live in the Syracuse area... Looks like you all got a big jump on the Snowball award this year!!! I always hate a big storm this early in the season, it seems like as soon as you get done moving all the snow around it melts and makes a freakin mess...

I used to live in Baldwinsville. Remember lots of snow and cold winters.

We live in the Syracuse area... Looks like you all got a big jump on the Snowball award this year!!! I always hate a big storm this early in the season, it seems like as soon as you get done moving all the snow around it melts and makes a freakin mess...

I used to live in Baldwinsville. Remember lots of snow and cold winters.

I'm from Baldwinville (oldies call it Baldwinsville), MA. and NRHS class of '71. Same Baldwinville? There are plenty around the country.

The thruway screwed up big time. People new it was coming nothing new here. People that use snow tires have the on already. You will find a lot of people don't use them. Ive never had snow tires on my car, never felt the need for them.
I live in Hamburg and we ended up with 20 inches of snow. The roads where cleared fast and all the kids where in school today.


Yes and no. My grandma said there's always a huge line/wait at tire stores, if not complete delay same day as first major snowfall. So...I can't say that's true. Also a certain person I know didn't get snow tires for their car and spent all day today driving around in their truck because of it. xD I don't make up these kinds of details.

I was stuck in traffic on wednesday, but they did tow a lot of cars after a while and put people up in hotels with a red cross center set up for those put in the hotel (I'd guess they were able to go home yesterday, but the radio was saying something about people who had their cars towed out of the mess should call such and such a number)...

I just am glad we got out of the mess before it got bad (before 8pm wednesday). No, it wasn't so bad today. The issue was wednesday night. I texted the hell out of my friend to my dismay about the whole ordeal. 3 hours of driving for, at most, 3 miles of distance. Not my cup of tea.

I went to school up there in the 80's ....I remember ....I just hope they dug out Mighty Taco And Rooties.

I'm sure they where the first places to be dug out.

I went to school up there in the 80's ....I remember ....I just hope they dug out Mighty Taco And Rooties.

I'm sure they where the first places to be dug out.

I would have asked them to dig out PJ Bottoms but I heard it was gone.

So you live in WNY. Cool. Theirs a few of us here.

Extended Forecast for your area doesnt look very good...

Youre going to run out of places to put it all

Look at the roads OMG they are clean, a week later in the UK and ours are still covered in snow, no wonder we grind to a halt!

People went around thruway closed signs and got stuck.