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It's a Blizzard Out There!

terrier3 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 01:38:02 GMT

I had a 5PM appointment with my trainer...so I couldn't miss the first Monday of the New Year. How bad could it be?

My club is about 2 blocks from Lake Erie. The winds were so bad I fell down and started rolling down the street...my pride wasn't hurt because naturally there was NO ONE on the street to see me...no one foolish enough to be out! All the businesses had closed early.

There were about five people at the club...when there are usually a couple hundred on a Monday night.

Instead of getting better, by the time I was ready to venture home, it was a full on blizzard - no visibility. I live two miles from the club...but the visibility was so bad, I missed my driveway and had to circle around the block!

You KNOW its bad when the dog won't budge outside the door! I had to carry him outside for potty break time.

Stay warm and safe everyone!

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

madcity411 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:03:30 GMT

OMG! You are so luck to have made it home safely. Stay warm and safe with your doggie.

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

naturalfan — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:10:38 GMT

I just had my two dogs for a walk - current temp is -12. But weather for tomorrow shows temps between 2 and 8 (ABOVE ZERO) so I guess that is better. Think we have about a foot of snow on the ground now. Our house is old (100 yrs plus) although we completed renovations this past year. I was still concerned about frozen pipes with these temps and high winds but luckily, all is fine.

A week ago Sunday it was very slippery and I fell down right on my tailbone and for some reason, I really feel it today, almost more that when it first happened. Anyway, it can be very dangerous out there so I hope everyone stays safe and warm.

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ShowMe — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:12:21 GMT

What in the samhill are you doing going out in the weather you are having up there. Geeessshhhhh......they have been showing it all day on the news channels.

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

terrier3 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:15:38 GMT

On 1/6/2014 naturalfan said:
I just had my two dogs for a walk - current temp is -12. But weather for tomorrow shows temps between 2 and 8 (ABOVE ZERO) so I guess that is better. Think we have about a foot of snow on the ground now. Our house is old (100 yrs plus) although we completed renovations this past year. I was still concerned about frozen pipes with these temps and high winds but luckily, all is fine.

A week ago Sunday it was very slippery and I fell down right on my tailbone and for some reason, I really feel it today, almost more that when it first happened. Anyway, it can be very dangerous out there so I hope everyone stays safe and warm.

I have an old home too...keep your faucets open with a very slight amount of water flowing.

Our pipes froze two years ago and it took hours to thaw them out.

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sylviahomeatlast — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:17:52 GMT

it was really cold--19--but SUNNY. ----not gloating, just glad

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

naturalfan — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:23:17 GMT

Yes, I have been keeping the faucets going with a slight trickle and so far, all is well. A few years back, they demolished an older home next door to me to build a condo building. They had done some damage to my building during demolition which you really could not see because of course, they put up a fence between the buildings. The wind went whipping through my basement and not only did the pipes freeze, they burst. And of course, the developer of the new construction next door denied it was their doing and thousands of dollars later, there I was.

In the end, people in the condos next door are suing the developer because they have problems with leaking roofs and flooded basements when there is a heavy rain.

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

Irshgrl31201 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:25:10 GMT

I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

terrier3 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:30:50 GMT

On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

rarejan — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:32:33 GMT

On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

That storm in 2001 gave us 7 feet of snow too...I'm south of you.

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

terrier3 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:34:07 GMT

On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

That storm in 2001 gave us 7 feet of snow too...I'm south of you.

I was commuting to Rochester back then. My boss didn't want to let me use sick days, until I sent him pictures!

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Irshgrl31201 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:35:16 GMT

On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

The city gets really windy. My mother got knocked down by the wind, she worked at the Guaranty Building (now Prudential I think).

I remember that Christmas I was still living there (in South Buffalo) and we visited my sister down here for Christmas and we were stuck down here. Our neighbors sent us photos and were sweet enough to shovel us out so my daughter and I didn't have to do it when we got back. It covered my car.

Like Mayor Griffin said, get yourself a 6 pack.

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

rarejan — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:35:41 GMT

On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

That storm in 2001 gave us 7 feet of snow too...I'm south of you.

I was commuting to Rochester back then. My boss didn't want to let me use sick days, until I sent him pictures!

We ended up with 285 inches of snow that year.

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Irshgrl31201 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:36:36 GMT

On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

That storm in 2001 gave us 7 feet of snow too...I'm south of you.

I grew up in OP!!

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

rarejan — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:38:45 GMT

On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

That storm in 2001 gave us 7 feet of snow too...I'm south of you.

I grew up in OP!!

Very cool! South of that yet...along the ridge. Think lake.

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

terrier3 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:39:17 GMT

On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

The city gets really windy. My mother got knocked down by the wind, she worked at the Guaranty Building (now Prudential I think).

I remember that Christmas I was still living there (in South Buffalo) and we visited my sister down here for Christmas and we were stuck down here. Our neighbors sent us photos and were sweet enough to shovel us out so my daughter and I didn't have to do it when we got back. It covered my car.

Like Mayor Griffin said, get yourself a 6 pack.

I worked right by the Guaranty Building - BTW - It's BEAUTIFUL! A friend just had a book signing there at the law firm, and we took tours.

My office was right above City Grille. The HSBC Building has permanent metal railings for people to hold on to, so they won't be flying around in the wind! Literally get knocked off their feet and fly down the street (like what happened to me tonight!)

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terrier3 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:40:09 GMT

On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

That storm in 2001 gave us 7 feet of snow too...I'm south of you.

I grew up in OP!!

Very cool! South of that yet...along the ridge. Think lake.

What a small world!

Re: It's a Blizzard Out There!

Irshgrl31201 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:43:49 GMT

On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

That storm in 2001 gave us 7 feet of snow too...I'm south of you.

I grew up in OP!!

Very cool! South of that yet...along the ridge. Think lake.

I think I know what you are talking about. I think I have been to snowmobile races there in the winter and camped there in the summer???

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Irshgrl31201 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:45:13 GMT

On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 1/6/2014 rarejan said:
On 1/6/2014 terrier2 said:
On 1/6/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
I just got off the phone with my friend in South Buffalo. She said the skyway is closed.

Yes...and I was at the BAC downtown - one block from the foot of the Skyway....TOTAL whiteout and I rolled down Delaware Ave.!

Fuhrmann is closed too....WBEN said that South Park was like a parking lot.

Some people were comparing it to the Blizzard of '77.

My mom's last Christmas (2001) We were all celebrating at her house in South Buffalo. It started snowing, so my son and I stayed over. South Buffalo ended up getting seven FEET of snow - it was Ground Zero for the storm.

My son and I went to the local store (after 2 days inside). The snow was OVER our HEADS.

We had to do the breast stroke to reach the middle of the street.

There wasn't much left at Wilson Farms...we ended up buying ice cream!

That storm in 2001 gave us 7 feet of snow too...I'm south of you.

I grew up in OP!!

Very cool! South of that yet...along the ridge. Think lake.

What a small world!

It is!! You make me miss home. I have lived here for 10 yrs but I consider Buffalo my home and I miss my friends and food. My girlfriend in South Buffalo just mailed me some Webers Mustard and Open Pit. Can't get that down here.

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Lion — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:45:47 GMT

Whiteouts are so dangerous. You really can't imagine it until you're in one.

I was in one years ago trying to get home from work in the middle of the day. Complete disorientation because all you can see is a sheet of snow in front of you.

I thought I was driving on the right side of the road, on a road I drove multiple times a day for many years. I got stuck, got out of my car and was actually on the *opposite* side of the road and ran up over the curb.

My co-worker wound up on the opposite side of the road, went right over the curb and down a steep hill into a parking lot. She thought she was following the road OK, too.

Complete disorientation.