Bacon. I think Steel hit it right on the head. If your so happy where you are, why are you reading this Blog. By the way, you don't mention where you live now. If you are so thrilled with your digs why don't you give the place a little PR. (p.s. now is your chance to look at a map and find someplace that didn't have a weather issue this week.)
Wow, that is just amazing. What a great new way to see the city.
very nice. :) from Riverside you can usually watch the fronts move through over the river since you have ~ 3 miles of water just before the Island
also good sunsets :)
again.. great pictures
Wow. Now we know what a Lake Effect really looks like!
Bacon,
Do you live in Central Florida by chance...even though my job moved me from Buffalo 2 years ago...I miss it...maybe not trudging through the snow...but at least Buffalonians know their home will still be standing after the snow melts...unlike in Floriday during Hurricane season you have no idea if yours will still be standing...or even when their is a fluke of a Tornado. You are probably the type of Buffalonian we are happy to get rid of .
Awesome images. It's a whole different world at 1,500 ft. How fast did it move in? Thank you
Bacon:
Just because you hate the snow, doesn't mean everyone must, therefore, hate the snow.
I love the snow, and I'm not the only one. Sledding, skiing, making a snowman, the quiet of an evening snowfall - don't slag us off just because you can't be bothered.
BTW - I can't stand humid heat or mosquitoes. Have fun down south with that.
This actually reminds me of a Bills game (home vs Miami) that I went to back in 2003. The snow wall sat over half the stadium and I got to watch it roll in over the entire crowd. It was awesome. The dolphins just quit.
What an amazing site! I grew up in Buffalo, and just moved to SC last November, and seeing this makes me miss it a little...I never thought I would say that! We did have a little taste of snow yesterday, but it's already gone. mike- thanks for that Google Video too! That was awesome! Bacon- you know you miss Buffalo. Stop denying it. It's a beautiful area, and has lots of great qualities to miss no matter where you go.
Reminds me of working at the City Court Building. We were on the sixth floor and our window faced the water. I vividly remember how I said the front that we saw coming at us from across the water was to be taken seriously, then the snow came and I said it again, but was told that we get snow all the time and this was no different. Of course, the date was October 12, 2006, you know the drill...
In-spite of what man can accomplish, his accomplishments appear insignificant compared to nature.
Incredible pictures! Now, if only the comments were the same!
First of all...N.W. Farnsworth...I believe the pictures were taken by Air Gordan, as indicated in the article. Secondly....Dan...the beach you are referring to is Woodlawn Beach...which is a state beach & has been a state beach since before all of us were born. The area that Brian Higgins was instrumental in developing is Gallagher Beach, which is near the Small Boat Harbor....there are several miles distance between them!
Why do some of you have to ruin things all the time?
So tell me, Buffalonians. Why does anyone live up there? I spent 30 years in the north and these pics remind me why we moved. My wife is from Buff. When we see stuff like this we just laugh. We have been in the south for over 10 years and can think of no reason to go back.
Don't tell me you love the 'change of seasons'. Because the leaves changing here are just as beautiful and I can still put the top down on my convertible on my way to the golf course in January.
Well put Michael. Buffalo rocks and golf efing blows. I'll take snowboarding over golf and f-nuts like bacon.
I just sent to a number of my friends who have never had the joy of a Buffalo winter... A number of my siblings who have not had the joy in over 20 years... God I miss that city!
Buff-pundit. Humidity (due to Great Lakes) and mosquitos are much worse in Buffalo. I can still visit snow, but don't have to shovel it daily. Ya'll seem a little sensitive. Cabin fever setting in?
Thank you Newell... Your work is great, to say the least! Keep it up!
All Y'alls got more snow on the ground in the south than most of us have up here in Buffalo. What's up wit dat, huh? How the red ants and cockroaches makin' out wit the snow down there? Whatcha' all do wit the homeless and illegals that you got livin' everywhere like rats? Just wonderin' 'cause it's beautiful up here this time of year. Y'all should come up and visit sometime, maybe in July or August when it ts too hot to do anything but sit around in your draws drinkin' lemonaide. We all know whatcha'alls are up to. Uh yuh!
As global warming continues and global temperatures rise, it makes me smile knowing that the south will probably burn up and die first.
I am out raged that the voting public lets this kind of thing continue, this is just as bad at those delinquent home onwers like that guy on Pennsylvania Ave. Vote for me to be president and I will make sure this kind of thing stops, I beleive Sam Hoyt voted in favor of this particular snow storm and the subsequent taxes to pay for the clean up.
i sure miss the good old days in buffalo. the winters here in oklahoma suck.
Brian: go back to church, you need to find peace to gid rid of some of your hostilities dude.
And the sun is still shining in Canada behind it.,
We have big fans blowing it that way.
That is amazing. I would have thought that is a blizzard moving in. Thanks for putting these pics up there, it's fascinating.
What a mess. Hey, CNN just played George Bush pledging to send the Army Guard and $55 million in aid to Buffaloonians to help with this tragic crisis. Man, get a life and a snow shovel and get to cleaning off that roof pronto!!
Brian Higgins and snowstorms are the only two things that have made their mark on the waterfront in 30 years. I give him credit foor making things happen in WNY.
As a snow lover I think it is absolutely amazing and awesome..... God's power at work in snow!!!
AWSOME!!!!!!!
Edward Street....I think you are talking about the December 2002 game.....That was awesome.....Good times!
Very very very beautiful. never snowman. fire everybody fire.
Yeah - look what Brian Higgins has done for the waterfront - I am not sure if you can make it out in the picture, but he got a beach created next to a sewage treatment plant, so it it is closed more days than it is open. Oh yeah, then after he left state government (Which charges us too much for power and for tolls) he got in front of the cameras to take credit for change. And then, to make matters worse, instead of using his clout to lower the electricity rates around here, he insures that the rates will go even higher, by helping brojker a deal that will increase our rates to pay for more government boondoggles. Give me a break!
I think they're great pictures. I remain to be convinced that there's a god, though.
@Bacon "So tell me, Buffalonians. Why does anyone live up there?"
As the trolls continue to move out, it gets much nicer here.
@Bacon "So tell me, Buffalonians. Why does anyone live up there?"
As the trolls continue to move out, it gets much nicer here.
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I concur.
Ah the cosmic ballet continues...
"My work here is done."
"But you didn't do anything!"
"Didn't I?"
Looks like something out of the movie, "The Day After Tomorrow" ..
Here's a Google video I found, taken in Dec. 2006 from 1 HSBC of a lake effect front moving in to downtown Buffalo.
Lake Effect Snow Rolls in on 1 HSBC Center, Buffalo, NY [5 min 46 sec]
There's also a shorter clip of just the first 1 minute or so:
Lake Effect Snow Rolls in on 1 HSBC Center, Buffalo, NY [1 min 9 sec]
- mike
Snow pictures will be fun to look at when the seas begin to boil.
Buffalw is really beautiful. I have never seen it from the sky view. Only from the tanawana view years and years ago.
come on, the sun reflecting off the snow makes it look a lot more dramatic than it really is.
The warm weather should suit Bacon and his family just fine. His wife can continue to get drilled by the pool boy and the gardener while he's out blowing her inheritance on golf.
Bacon,
Do you live in Central Florida by chance...even though my job moved me from Buffalo 2 years ago...I miss it...maybe not trudging through the snow...but at least Buffalonians know their home will still be standing after the snow melts...unlike in Floriday during Hurricane season you have no idea if yours will still be standing...or even when their is a fluke of a Tornado. You are probably the type of Buffalonian we are happy to get rid of .
Yeah, another lake effect happening NOW! True Buffalonians get excited about lake effect, especially if it hits on a Sunday evening, early Monday morning - then even the adults get a snow day. All we have to do during snow days is maybe shovel, help our older neighbors with shoveling, and then kick back with a bottle of wine and play a few board games. Gotta love that lake effect, especially when it hits "on time."
I miss Lake effect snowstorms! We just dont get that many down here in Houston! Hell, I miss 4 seasons, instead of Hot and Hotter.
This is one of the most amazing weather photos I have ever seen. It is an excellent example of the northern edge of a lake effect snow band. If you do not live here in WNY, you have no idea how localized these weather events are. Often, we can literally draw a line across a street to divide clear weather from a raging snow storm. Though we have a great number of weather photos of these events from the ground, the view from the air offers a unique and spectacular view of the type of interesting weather we have here in WNY.
For us weather people, WNY is indeed a natural laboratory to study these small scale weather features. The best part about our weather extremes is that they rarely will lead to the direct loss of life that other parts of the country see. Snow is snow, you shovel it, you hibernate until it clears up and you go on with your daily chores, most times with little or no consequence. For weather savvy WNYers, the four seasons are what make life so interesting here. Air Gordon, the photo is fantastic, I encourage you to continue to provide your unique view of our city in future photos!!
Buffalo offers a lot of opportunity for love/hate relation(ship)s. If nothing else, the weather is a good ice-breaker in awkward conversation; and our mini-disasters contribute, in part, to our reputation as the city of good neighbors. On the up-side, one can never appreciate how truly savory a warm, sunny summer day is here unless he or she has endured the winter. For that matter, spring and flowers are even more lucious than summer, except that the water is still cold.
I spent a winter in Fort Erie, Ontario a few years back, and was afforded a view that is worthwhile if you ever find yourself accross the border during a storm. Instead of going right over the Peace Bridge, take a cruise along the water, past the fort, as far as you can go before you have to turn away from the coast. Aside from the awesome view of Buffalo from there, you can see the clouds roll along the edge of the lake, then split when they hit the city: some heading south, toward the Boston Hills, etc., some heading nothward toward Niagara Falls and, ultimately, Syracuse, the big mama of precipitaion (city wise). But, of course, what's great is that there are so many unpredictables, as well...
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