Now THIS is Lake Effect!

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:36 pm

The east shore of Lake Ontario has been getting hammered with Lake Effect snow for the past week. To the point where even the local media is starting to make a big deal. And trust me, up there, people don't make a big deal about snowfall until they get more than 2 feet.

This last week they have gotten over 5 feet worth of snow. Here's one pic.

Either that's TVO shoveling that roof or that house just got fucking pummeled.

And here's the rest.

http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.a ... 6&gsa=true

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:44 pm

5 feet of snow in a week?

We call that "average."

Sin,
Mt Hood

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:03 am

The U&R reclaiming its rightful position as the shitty winter weather capital of the U.S.

Or one of them, anyway.

420 · Post by **420** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:08 am

Terry in Crapchester wrote:The U&R reclaiming its rightful position as the shitty weather capital of the U.S.

Or the only one, anyway.

Just touched that up for ya a little. Being that you have 11 months and 3 weeks of winter.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:10 am

60 and sunny here-btw

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:10 am

M2,

The disclaimer was put in due to the person who posted before me. Or did you miss it?

Btw -- not nearly as much snow where I am. But Oswego is only about 100-150 miles away. Still is damn cold here, though -- it made it into the 20's today, which was the high water mark for the entire week.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:16 am

Terry in Crapchester wrote:The disclaimer was put in due to the person who posted before me.

See, but I come from a region marked by people who are smart enough to not live where there's 5 freaking feet of snowfall in a week. We just built a highway that makes it a short drive to there, so we don't actually have to deal with it unless we want to.

Furthermore, I think that anyone who does is a fucking moron.

420 · Post by **420** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:22 am

Terry in Crapchester wrote:M2,

The disclaimer was put in due to the person who posted before me. Or did you miss it?

It's ok to laugh at yourself and where you live Terry. We do.

Damn, I always seem to get you and Jsc810, all mixed up.

I'm not sure if it's that both of you are lawyers, or your posting style, or maybe even ya'lls lack of humor.

You two, really have a similar style.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:23 am

420 wrote:Damn, I always seem to get you and Jsc810, all mixed up.

One kills dogs, one kills threads.

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:24 am

Dinsdale wrote:See, but I come from a region marked by people who are smart enough to not live where there's 5 freaking feet of snowfall in a week.

Didn't I address this one already?

But Oswego is only about 100-150 miles away.

Yeah, I think I did. Far enough away that it doesn't directly affect me. Close enough that I can feel their pain.

Truth be told, much as I complain about winter, it's been an awful long time since I've seen five feet of snow in a single week. I do remember a blizzard when I was in 8th grade that closed school for a week. Snow was piled up so high that you couldn't open the front door. I remember my brothers and I for fun climbing out the bedroom window onto the roof and jumping off the roof into the snow drifts.

Crazy times, as Wolfman would say.

420 · Post by **420** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:26 am

Dinsdale wrote:
420 wrote:Damn, I always seem to get you and Jsc810, all mixed up.

One kills dogs, one kills threads.

Gotcha

420 · Post by **420** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:33 am

Terry in Crapchester wrote: I do remember a blizzard when I was in 8th grade that closed school for a week. Snow was piled up so high that you couldn't open the front door. I remember my brothers and I for fun climbing out the bedroom window onto the roof and jumping off the roof into the snow drifts.

Crazy times, as Wolfman would say.

Yeah, crazy times!

Why do I feel like I just ended up in a bad "Twilight Zone" episode... featuring "Norman Rockwell"???

Y2K · Post by **Y2K** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:47 am

If it ever gets below zero here I'm gone.

I would imagine I'm pretty safe with all the Global Warming going on.

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:50 am

Y2K wrote:If it ever gets below zero here I'm gone.

I would imagine I'm pretty safe with all the Global Warming going on.

Not to get all scientifical and stuff, but from what I've read, the reason Oswego is getting walloped with lake effect snow is because Lake Ontario hasn't frozen. So yeah, I guess global warming might have had something to do with this.

Having posted that, I realize that I probably unleashed a

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:55 am

Terry in Crapchester wrote:
Y2K wrote:If it ever gets below zero here I'm gone.

I would imagine I'm pretty safe with all the Global Warming going on.
Not to get all scientifical and stuff, but from what I've read, the reason Oswego is getting walloped with lake effect snow is because Lake Ontario hasn't frozen. So yeah, I guess global warming might have had something to do with this.

Having posted that, I realize that I probably unleashed a

Well, no.. the fact that the eastern edge of Lake Ontario hasn't frozen over yet only MAKES IT POSSIBLE for you to get the amount of snow you're currently witnessing. Really, if it's just that it hasn't frozen over yet, why don't you get 5 ft. snowfalls every week?

The specific direction of the winds, combined with the vast difference between the arctic air mass' temp and the lake's relatively much warmer temp (thanks to the warm Dec-Jan) is the casue for your 5 ft. of shit. None of this explains why anyone would be so frekain' stupid to live in that shit though.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:03 am

By request...

Some of you ain't so bright. Make that "most of you."

Uhm...global warming has great potential to make for much colder periods in winter.

Has something to do with that pesky "convection" thingy, which is what makes weather in the first place.

Sin,
Marcus Allen, Not A Climatologist, But Not As Dumb As Many Of You

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:04 am

ah winter !!
crazy days-- holed up for days with nothing
but Beast Light and my Sears Craftsman Drift
Buster !!

reason #1 why I live here--oh and the fact that there are not even any road signs like this;

rozy · Post by **rozy** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:20 am

Dinsdale wrote:
420 wrote:Damn, I always seem to get you and Jsc810, all mixed up.

One kills dogs, one kills threads.

rack

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:28 am

BSmack wrote:The east shore of Lake Ontario has been getting hammered with Lake Effect snow for the past week. To the point where even the local media is starting to make a big deal. And trust me, up there, people don't make a big deal about snowfall until they get more than 2 feet.

This last week they have gotten over 5 feet worth of snow. Here's one pic.

Either that's TVO shoveling that roof or that house just got fucking pummeled.

And here's the rest.

http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.a ... 6&gsa=true

Yeah.. fuckin a man... looks like a real nice place to live....any place you get that much snow better be a fuckin ski resort not some place you have to live, work, drive, exist, and shovel 5 mother fucking feet of snow.....

Bwwwaaahhhh

Sincerely, with much BODE,

The rest of the United States and all the people smart enough to NOT live in places where it snows that much.

War Spring Thaw Flooding.

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:42 am

Ken wrote:
Terry in Crapchester wrote:
Y2K wrote:If it ever gets below zero here I'm gone.

I would imagine I'm pretty safe with all the Global Warming going on.
Not to get all scientifical and stuff, but from what I've read, the reason Oswego is getting walloped with lake effect snow is because Lake Ontario hasn't frozen. So yeah, I guess global warming might have had something to do with this.

Having posted that, I realize that I probably unleashed a
Well, no.. the fact that the eastern edge of Lake Ontario hasn't frozen over yet only MAKES IT POSSIBLE for you to get the amount of snow you're currently witnessing.

Uhhh, yeah. There's more to it than that. But the point was that if Lake Ontario had frozen (which it does in most winters, but not this year), there wouldn't be the lake effect that there is right now.

The cold wind coming across the entire length of the lake, together with the relatively warm temperature of the lake water, resulted in all this snow.

None of this explains why anyone would be so frekain' stupid to live in that shit though.

I've said twice already, I don't live there, and I'm not going through anything remotely resembling that right now.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:30 am

Terry in Crapchester wrote: Uhhh, yeah. There's more to it than that. But the point was that if Lake Ontario had frozen (which it does in most winters, but not this year), there wouldn't be the lake effect that there is right now.

The cold wind coming across the entire length of the lake, together with the relatively warm temperature of the lake water, resulted in all this snow.

Further to what I wrote below, where's this part about, "There's more to it than that", Terry? Christ, I don't know that Ctrl-C Paul could have done a better job than you.

Ken wrote:Well, no.. the fact that the eastern edge of Lake Ontario hasn't frozen over yet only MAKES IT POSSIBLE for you to get the amount of snow you're currently witnessing. Really, if it's just that it hasn't frozen over yet, why don't you get 5 ft. snowfalls every week?

The specific direction of the winds, combined with the vast difference between the arctic air mass' temp and the lake's relatively much warmer temp (thanks to the warm Dec-Jan) is the casue for your 5 ft. of shit.

Terry in Crapchester wrote:I've said twice already, I don't live there, and I'm not going through anything remotely resembling that right now.

I didn't accuse you of any sort of stupidity. Your posts speak for themselves.

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:57 am

I miss the old days up at SUNY Brockport.

godzilla2002 · Post by **godzilla2002** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:25 am

Fuck winter

Terry in Crapchester · Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:30 am

Ken wrote:
Terry in Crapchester wrote: Uhhh, yeah. There's more to it than that. But the point was that if Lake Ontario had frozen (which it does in most winters, but not this year), there wouldn't be the lake effect that there is right now.

The cold wind coming across the entire length of the lake, together with the relatively warm temperature of the lake water, resulted in all this snow.
Further to what I wrote below, where's this part about, "There's more to it than that", Terry? Christ, I don't know that Ctrl-C Paul could have done a better job than you.
Ken wrote:Well, no.. the fact that the eastern edge of Lake Ontario hasn't frozen over yet only MAKES IT POSSIBLE for you to get the amount of snow you're currently witnessing. Really, if it's just that it hasn't frozen over yet, why don't you get 5 ft. snowfalls every week?

The specific direction of the winds, combined with the vast difference between the arctic air mass' temp and the lake's relatively much warmer temp (thanks to the warm Dec-Jan) is the casue for your 5 ft. of shit.

Terry in Crapchester wrote:I've said twice already, I don't live there, and I'm not going through anything remotely resembling that right now.
I didn't accuse you of any sort of stupidity. Your posts speak for themselves.

My point was basically in response to Y2K mentioning global warming, presumably in a dismissive manner. Originally, I was pointing out only that global warming has actually contributed to the lake effect we're talking about here. You don't dispute that, do you?

Nitpick much?

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:44 pm

OK, I wake up this morning and it appears that my former east shore stomping grounds is in heavy rotation on the cable news networks. You can pretty much tell who the lowest people on the cable news food chain are. They are the duchebags who got their asses shipped out to places like Scriba, Pulaski and Mexico to report on the now 8-10 FEET of snow????

Give it a few days before someone's house/trailer finally caves in. If it hasn't happened already.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:43 pm

They even had photos from Redfield--- my old trout fishing area up on the Tug Hill Plateau. Up around Osceola I've seen snow drifts last off the Salmon River till June !

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:16 am

Just how local is that snow? Does it make it to the adirondacks or does it drop it's entire load on coastal shitholes?

Y2K · Post by **Y2K** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:32 am

smackaholic wrote:Just how local is that snow? Does it make it to the adirondacks or does it drop it's entire load on coastal shitholes?

I'm may not be from the U&L, but I did stop by the Weather Channel last night...........

Pretty much the 3 counties surrounding the east end of Lake Ontario, some residual stuff makes it to the western slopes of the Berkshires. It's Global Climate Change....

wE aRe DoOmEd!

Qbert · Post by **Qbert** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:51 am

DoOmEd?

wHaT tYmE iS It?

SnOw?

hUh?

~aL

Mike the Lab Rat · Post by **Mike the Lab Rat** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:31 pm

I live about a half-hour south of Rochester, and I'll tell you that we NEVER see snowfall like that.

My attitude is that is you choose to live in a spot that gets hit like that with any regularity, then you have no right to bitch. You chose to live there. If, OTOH, you don't mind the occasional 8-foot snowfall, then fine.

Personally, I can't picture living in a place that doesn't have four actual seasons. My wife and I had the opportunity to move to southern Va. (near Williamsburg) several years back, but we decided that in addition to wanting to still stay near our families, we were born-and-bred NYers and LIKED having snow for a third of a year. I'll take the occasional snowstorm over mudslides, earthquakes, regular triple-digit heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, etc.

It's all a matter of personal preference. Hell, when I retire, I may decide to move to a more southern/western area...then again, with global warming, maybe the heat will come to us by then and we can stay put....

socal · Post by **socal** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:58 pm

Mike the Lab Rat wrote:I'll take the occasional snowstorm over mudslides, earthquakes, regular triple-digit heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, etc.

Disaster pussy.

Y2K · Post by **Y2K** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:37 pm

socal wrote:
Mike the Lab Rat wrote:I'll take the occasional snowstorm over mudslides, earthquakes, regular triple-digit heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, etc.
Disaster pussy.

No doubt.....

I hope he gets hammered by a MegaTsunami spawned by the impact of a Giant Meteor hitting Lake Erie or Ontario.

Earthquakes & Wildfires indeed.........

Sissy

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:13 pm

smackaholic wrote:Just how local is that snow? Does it make it to the adirondacks or does it drop it's entire load on coastal shitholes?

The Lake Effect bands go as far east as Speculator (about 90 miles inland). Which is inside the Adirondack Park. But if your destination is up in the High Peaks area (STFU Dinsdale it's a relative term), you won't see anything near that level of snow. Their snowfall accumulates throughout the season due to the extreme cold temps. Simply put, its so fucking cold that they don't get thaws the way the lake effect areas get them.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:20 am

"STFU Dinsdale".....snicker... that needs to have it's own emoticon or something. Maybe the dude with the scrolling words with a big red circle and line through it or something.

I have been in that area when you had a tough time following the trail since most of the blazes were buried. No, socals, blazes aren't like your brush fires, they are markers for trails usually located about 8 ft high on trees. I am sure in the U&L they put them 80 feet up, right dins?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:37 am

smackaholic wrote:"STFU Dinsdale".....snicker

For myself, I was much more amused by:

Y2K wrote:I'm may not be from the U&L, but I did stop by the Weather Channel last night...........

I am sure in the U&L they put them 80 feet up, right dins?

Yeah, 8 foot blazes(good word-btw...I had forgotten that one) would be pretty æffective on Mt Hood...:rolleypolley:

Never really measured them, but I think the ones on the road reflector posts on the road up to Timberline stick up somewhere around 15-20 feet, or something likle that.

See You Next Wednesday · Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:09 pm

I lived in Rochester for 7 years, Madison for 4 and northern Wisconsin for 12. Now I live in Southern California and can't think of a single day I miss the snow.

T1B

Now THIS is Lake Effect!

Now THIS is Lake Effect!

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