Welcome to Erie Pennsylvania

[Maggot]

60 inches of snow since Xmas. Thats fucked up. I remember back around 98 I was doing some stonework down near Del Rio Texas in early January. It was 85 degreesw. I heard on the radio that that area hd already had 96 inches of snow...in fucking early January. Thats like a nightmare. How do folks live throu that? Id be a frozen little lump over in the corner.

 

[shootist2004]

global warming probably..................................

 

[demolitionman]

They act like this is unusual for Erie. Just another winter day. Happens alot along that corridor on up into Upstate new York. When the lakes freeze over the snow lets up.....

 

[oneshot86]

yep, damn global warming...
side note, wow thats some fuckin snow

 

[Maggot]

Im afraid opoor old Mag would end up like this....but wouldnt make it back.

 

[Arc Light]

See, that fucking douche bag Al Gore was right. "Global Warming" my ass!

 

[308pirate]

They act like this is unusual for Erie. Just another winter day. Happens alot along that corridor on up into Upstate new York. When the lakes freeze over the snow lets up.....

+1

People in that OH/PA/NY corridor along the eastern end of lake Erie live through that year after year. They know no better so to them it's just the way things are.

if a fly grows up in a jar of vinegar, it thinks that's the sweetest place on earth.......

 

[MotorOilMcCall]

Being from Buffalo, I can tell you that is NOT normal for Erie, PA. They do get lake effect snow, but very rarely in those amounts. Usually the winds fetch from the West to WNW and hit the Buffalo southtowns and counties south of Buffalo (Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegheny). They'll get feet at a time, but the winds rarely stay from the same direction for days at a time, so you get the narrow snow bands that wobble north and south.

When the winds come from the WSW, you get a full fetch of the lake, and the snow band hits the Buffalo metro area and area's east (where I live)... That's when the piling really happens. 4-6' isn't uncommon (yes, feet), in a single snow event. It packs down, you snowblow, life goes on...

The real snow country is E of Lake Ontario, known as the Tug Hill Plateau (gateway to the Adirondacks). Those guys regularly get over 200" of snow annually, and it's not a bad year until they hit 300"... Redfield, NY had about 30 FEET of snowfall last year...

 

[Maggot]

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The real snow country is E of Lake Ontario, known as the Tug Hill Plateau (gateway to the Adirondacks). Those guys regularly get over 200" of snow annually, and it's not a bad year until they hit 300"... Redfield, NY had about 30 FEET of snowfall last year...

Fuck that shit.

 

[Keel Haul]

Being from Buffalo, I can tell you that is NOT normal for Erie, PA. They do get lake effect snow, but very rarely in those amounts. Usually the winds fetch from the West to WNW and hit the Buffalo southtowns and counties south of Buffalo (Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegheny). They'll get feet at a time, but the winds rarely stay from the same direction for days at a time, so you get the narrow snow bands that wobble north and south.

When the winds come from the WSW, you get a full fetch of the lake, and the snow band hits the Buffalo metro area and area's east (where I live)... That's when the piling really happens. 4-6' isn't uncommon (yes, feet), in a single snow event. It packs down, you snowblow, life goes on...

The real snow country is E of Lake Ontario, known as the Tug Hill Plateau (gateway to the Adirondacks). Those guys regularly get over 200" of snow annually, and it's not a bad year until they hit 300"... Redfield, NY had about 30 FEET of snowfall last year...

Thanks for the reminder of why I left. Between the snow, Andy ruining the state and hearing about a new peace bridge for the last 25 years, I couldn't take it anymore.