Re: bllizzard in Buffalo NY- OT

[Guest guest]

Ann,

Those photos made me think of snow in Michigan. Twice while I lived in the Ann

Arbor area, we had storms that dumped two feet or more at once. The freeway was

shut down and the National Guard was called out to rescue all the stranded

motorists. One time we were driving home from my in-laws in Grand Rapids, and

actually made it to within two blocks of home, but our street was drifted over

and totally impassible. We drove into a snow bank to get off the main road, and

walked home. The next morning we brought out the snow tires on the sled, and

made it down to the gas station where the guys changed out the tires. By the

next day it had warmed up enough that most of the roads were plowed and clear

again.

We always carried a snow shovel, survival blankets (with that space-age

reflective technology,) wool blankets, granola bars, a thermos of hot chocolate,

fire wood for extra weight and better traction or to help if we got stuck, and

plenty of dry matches in case we needed a signal fire.

Now I enjoy snow on our local mountains and don't need a snow shovel any longer.

Much better!

CJ

[Guest guest]

I saw a news piece on Fox about that blizzard and the vehicles on the Thruway. That was a mess!!! To: asthma Sent: Fri, December 3, 2010 8:55:45 AMSubject: bllizzard in Buffalo NY- OT

Here are some pictures and a story from the newspaper back home regarding Buffalo's blizzard. Buffalo sits at the far east end of Lake Erie and is also on the south western end of Lake Ontario so they sometimes get a double whammy on the snow fall. About 10 yrs ago now they had a week, right around Christmas time, where they had 7-8 feet of snow in less than a week. That is the one time I have heard about buildings collapsing b/c of the weight of the snow...

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20101203/NEWS01/12030328/Snow-buries-Buffalo-area--Thruway-reopens-to-traffic-this-morning & referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL

If you read the story, there is a picture gallery with about 14 pictures.

Ann