"A potentially historic lake effect snowstorm is expected to dump between 3 and 6 feet of snow in parts of western and northern New York in the coming days."
Oh yeah... All the local and state road crews will be taking care of those roads nice and prompt like when fuel was waaay cheaper 2 yrs ago.
Pretty sure the bean counters gonna make sure it all happens like normal and won't spare a cent on fuel, road salt, or over time pay. And people will be having accidents, injuries, and possibly deaths cause the bean counters want to save a nickel.
I got 11" of Lake Effect snow over the last day or so. East end of Lake Ontario. Much higher totals north of me and the Lake Effect Machine is still cranking up north near Watertown.
Soo fuuuuking glad I got the fuuuk away from New England area almost 4 decades ago.
Pulled fuuuking tent pegs and unazzed the place. Never looked back.... Taxes up the azz. Cost of living up the azz... And the erosion of the entire area into Liberal Socialist Democrat utopia...
Deer hunting Fishing Bout the only good thing about the entire area AFAIC...
6 almost 7months of winter.... Then mud season, summer, fall... No thanks...
Soo fuuuuking glad I got the fuuuk away from New England area almost 4 decades ago.
Pulled fuuuking tent pegs and unazzed the place. Never looked back.... Taxes up the azz. Cost of living up the azz... And the erosion of the entire area into Liberal Socialist Democrat utopia...
Deer hunting Fishing Bout the only good thing about the entire area AFAIC...
6 almost 7months of winter.... Then mud season, summer, fall... No thanks...
When I was a kid, I loved it. It was like magic to go to bed with no snow on the ground, and wake up to a winter wonderland outside, with snow up to your waist, and drifts over your head. I'd go outside as soon as I could, and would only come back for meals and snacks till after dark.
Try not to confuse western New York with New England. We’ve been a little touchy about that here in the Champlain Valley since we evicted the “Yorkers” at the close of the 1700s. We get along OK now, but as (New Englander) Robert Frost wrote, “Good fences make good neighbors.”
We got a fair bit blowing in offa lk mi. Kids have a snow day I drove slowly in right lane to work no issues.
Problem this early in the year is roads are warm so initial snow melts and freezes so there is a thick crust of ice.
Plus dumbasses can’t remember what it was like to drive on slick roads and they go too fast and endanger those around them.
Cracks me up seeing some billybadass blow by me in his high rise GMC truck as I putter along in my Prius and then I get to wave at him in the ditch a couple miles later. Too many forget 4WD only helps ya accelerate faster it does nothing for stopping…
We got a fair bit blowing in offa lk mi. Kids have a snow day I drove slowly in right lane to work no issues.
Problem this early in the year is roads are warm so initial snow melts and freezes so there is a thick crust of ice.
Plus dumbasses can’t remember what it was like to drive on slick roads and they go too fast and endanger those around them.
Cracks me up seeing some billybadass blow by me in his high rise GMC truck as I putter along in my Prius and then I get to wave at him in the ditch a couple miles later. Too many forget 4WD only helps ya accelerate faster it does nothing for stopping…
I had that same experience in a Prius I had. I was driving through PA in a storm and all I did was slow down a little, and watch all the trucks just speed by, only to be found in a wreck or a ditch later on down the road.
I'm up a handful of miles east of Buffalo. We have about a foot. A few miles northeast of me has about 3ft. A few miles north of me has 3 inches. The places we hunt will have 2-3' so kinda puts a dampener on opening day tomorrow.
I see, on TV, this is being touted as a "life threatening" storm. Used to be it was just snow; happened every year. When my daughter was based at Ft. Drum, she lived in Copenhagen, NY. We experienced their winters a couple of times. There was, indeed, significant snowfall, but it didn't strike me as being life-threatening. I spent a half day snowshoeing on a state park trail and my tracks were well-covered (at least a foot) in the four hours I spent on the trail. The bad part was that the snow was wet and sticky and kept building up on the shoes. I was thirteen years younger then. Today, it might be life-threatening. Here, in the west, there is little snow, but it is below zero. Hard to say which is worse. I find the cold weather to be much more tolerable if there is a foot or so of snow on the ground. GD
Cracks me up seeing some billybadass blow by me in his high rise GMC truck as I putter along in my Prius and then I get to wave at him in the ditch a couple miles later. Too many forget 4WD only helps ya accelerate faster it does nothing for stopping…
Completely false, but not a surprising belief for someone who is proud of his Prius
Oh yeah... All the local and state road crews will be taking care of those roads nice and prompt like when fuel was waaay cheaper 2 yrs ago.
Pretty sure the bean counters gonna make sure it all happens like normal and won't spare a cent on fuel, road salt, or over time pay. And people will be having accidents, injuries, and possibly deaths cause the bean counters want to save a nickel.
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Penndot is claiming massive worker shortage for plow trucks, which I believe. We had heavy snow earlier this week and there were no plows on any roads. Took me an extra hour to get home. Still dont know why people live up here and drive front wheel drive vans and expect to make it up the mountain roads. Was a [bleep]. Not looking forward to this winter
The closest ski resort here in the NC mountains is Cataloochee. They opened yesterday. They never open this early. We have real cold weather this week but no snow, they are making home made snow at Cataloochee by the ton. I bet they got 3 feet of home made snow.
Cracks me up seeing some billybadass blow by me in his high rise GMC truck as I putter along in my Prius and then I get to wave at him in the ditch a couple miles later. Too many forget 4WD only helps ya accelerate faster it does nothing for stopping…
Completely false, but not a surprising belief for someone who is proud of his Prius
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lol, almost posted the same. His post read like a democrat haha. Sorry EFW, couldnt help myself
Snow that deep will probably cause the Buffalo Bobs to have to move their games to a college stadium in Miami. Pretty hard for the running backs to run through four feet of snow.
Snow that deep will probably cause the Buffalo Bobs to have to move their games to a college stadium in Miami. Pretty hard for the running backs to run through four feet of snow.
I think the "life threatening" is referring to the lack of heating oil in some places, shortages of heating oil will be a PITA for those folks up that way. Maybe even "life threatening" for old folks and others who have no other means to heat their homes.
Living elsewhere all my life, I can't imagine no way to heat my home in winter. We have never used heating oil around here, so I'm not sure how that factors into it all, but it's gotta be a mess. FJB.
"A potentially historic lake effect snowstorm is expected to dump between 3 and 6 feet of snow in parts of western and northern New York in the coming days."
That’s a lot of snow. We’ve had that much and more before. Had to dig the driveway out with a front-end loader. Up at work we were plowing roads with D10 bulldozers.
