Western New York snowed in
Baltimore reached record-breaking cold temperatures, but we’ve got nothing on Buffalo and western New York. Due to a November 18-19 lake effect snowstorm, the region could experience six feet or more of snow. Suddenly, things aren’t looking so bad here in Charm City.
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- A lake-effect snow storm with freezing temperatures produces a wall of snow travelling over Lake Erie into Buffalo, New York. November 18, 2014. A whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a “polar vortex” descended Tuesday into much of the Northeastern U.S. (Gary Wiepert/Reuters)
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- Storm clouds and snow blows off Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York, November 18, 2014. An autumn blizzard dumped a year’s worth of snow in three days on Western New York state, where five people died and residents, some stranded overnight in cars, braced for another pummeling expected later on Wednesday. Picture taken November 18, 2014. (Lindsay DeDario/Reuters)
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- A woman walks down the middle of the street through the blowing snow in Buffalo, New York, November 19, 2014. An autumn blizzard dumped a year’s worth of snow in three days on Western New York state, where five people died and residents, some stranded overnight in cars, braced for another pummeling expected later on Wednesday. (Lindsay DeDario/Reuters)
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- A New York Air National Guard Airman from the 107th Airlift Wing based in Niagara Falls assists in snow removal efforts from the roof of the Eden Heights Assisted Living Facility in West Seneca, New York, in this handout photo provided by Maj. Mark Frank, Joint Force Headquarters of the New York National Guard, taken November 19, 2014. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the mobilization of more than 240 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from area units to assist local authorities with snow removal or traffic control as regions of Western New York saw more than six feet of snowfall in just 72 hours. (Maj. Mark Frank, Joint Force Headquarters of the New York National Guard/Reuters)
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- This US National Guard handout photo taken November 19, 2014 shows massive ammounts of snow on the roof of the roof of the Eden Heights Assisted Living Facility in West Seneca, New York, where members of the New York Air National Guard from the 107th Airlift Wing based in Niagara Falls, New York are assisting in snow removal efforts. The facility, like much of Western New York in Erie County, experienced historic levels of lake effect snowfall that paralyzed the City of Buffalo and area roads, businesses and communities. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the mobilization of more than 240 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from area units to assist local authorities with snow removal or traffic control as regions of Western New York see more than six feet (1.8m) of snowfall in just 72 hours. (Senior Master Sgt. Ray Lloyd/National Guard/AFP/Getty Images)
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- This US National Guard handout photo taken November 19, 2014 shows snow drifts reaching the roof of the roof of the Eden Heights Assisted Living Facility in West Seneca, New York, where members of the New York Air National Guard from the 107th Airlift Wing based in Niagara Falls, New York are assisting in snow removal efforts. The facility, like much of Western New York in Erie County, experienced historic levels of lake effect snowfall that paralyzed the City of Buffalo and area roads, businesses and communities. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the mobilization of more than 240 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from area units to assist local authorities with snow removal or traffic control as regions of Western New York see more than six feet (1.8m) of snowfall in just 72 hours. (Maj. Mark Frank/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Drew Ahmed makes his way through nearly five feet of snow on November 19, 2014 in the Lakeview neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. The record setting Lake effect snowstorm dumped up to six feet of snow in less than 24 hours closing a one hundred mile section of The New York State Thruway as well as other major roads around Buffalo. Four deaths have already been attributed to the storm and a second round beginning late Wednesday evening will bring up to three more feet of snow overnight. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)
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- Greg Mitri shovels his way through nearly five feet of snow on November 19, 2014 in the Lakeview neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. The record setting Lake effect snowstorm dumped up to six feet of snow in less than 24 hours closing a one hundred mile section of The New York State Thruway as well as other major roads around Buffalo. Four deaths have already been attributed to the storm and a second round beginning late Wednesday evening will bring up to three more feet of snow overnight. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)
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- Storm clouds and snow blows off Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York, November 18, 2014. An autumn blizzard dumped a year’s worth of snow in three days on Western New York state, where five people died and residents, some stranded overnight in cars, braced for another pummeling expected later on Wednesday. (Lindsay DeDario/Reuters)
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- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s entourage makes its way on interstate I-190 to survey an area in West Seneca, New York November 19, 2014. Cuomo and other government officials viewed part of the thruway where several trucks and motorists were stranded after an autumn blizzard dumped a year’s worth of snow on western New York state. Five people died and residents, some stranded overnight in cars, braced for another pummeling expected later on Wednesday. (Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News/Pool/Reuters)
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- Trucks are parked in a lot off the Route 90 section of the New York State Thruway in the town of Cheektowaga near Buffalo, New York, November 19, 2014. Temperatures in all 50 U.S. states dipped to freezing or below on Tuesday as an unseasonably cold blast of weather moved across the country while heavy snow prompted a state of emergency in western New York and contributed to the deaths of four people. (Lindsay DeDario/Reuters)
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- Snow covers Buffalo, New York, November 18, 2014. An autumn blizzard dumped a year’s worth of snow in three days on Western New York state, where five people died and residents, some stranded overnight in cars, braced for another pummeling expected later on Wednesday. (Lindsay DeDario/Reuters)
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- Snow blows across Route 190 in Buffalo, New York, November 19, 2014. An autumn blizzard dumped a year’s worth of snow in three days on Western New York state, where five people died and residents, some stranded overnight in cars, braced for another pummeling expected later on Wednesday. (Lindsay DeDario/Reuters)
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- A lake-effect snow storm with freezing temperatures produces a wall of snow traveling over Lake Erie. (Photo: Buffalo News)
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- Amid stormy traffic chaos, tractor-trailer driver Omer Odovse, a native of Bosnia, checks out his rig that’s stuck in snow Tuesday at the Route 219 off-ramp leading to Route 391 in the Town of Boston. (Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News)
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- With a driving ban in place, Bill Westfall uses some ingenuity and a child’s sled to retrieve groceries for his family on Main Street in East Aurora on Tuesday. (Robert Kirkham/Buffalo News)
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- A lake-effect snow storm with freezing temperatures produces a wall of snow traveling over Lake Erie. (Photo: Buffalo News)
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- Mike Valentine walks home on snow clogged roads after shopping at Tops in Town of Boston on Tuesday. (Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News)
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- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone, center in the sweatshhirt, is one of the Good Samaritans helping to free a car from the snow on Abbott Road in South Buffalo. (John Hickey/Buffalo News)
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- In Buffalo, N.Y. as lake effect storm hits Buffalo and southtowns overnight , on Tuesday November 18, 2014. .(John Hickey/Buffalo News)
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- Snowfall in Depew, N.Y., was 3 and a half feet and counting Tuesday as George Urban Boulevard resident Wayne Manning used a blower to clear his driveway. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News)
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- Christine Bloom work to clear her SUV to try and make it to work in Hamburg, N.Y. on Nov. 19, 2014. (Harry Scull Jr./Buffalo News)
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- Thruway, covered in snow. (Photo: Buffalo News)
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- A lake-effect snow storm with freezing temperatures produces a wall of snow traveling over Lake Erie into Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 18, 2014. Reuters/Gary Wiepert
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- A lake-effect snow storm with freezing temperatures produces a wall of snow traveling over Lake Erie into Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 18, 2014. Reuters/Gary Wiepert
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- Snowfall in Depew, N.Y., was 3 and a half feet and counting Tuesday as George Urban Boulevard resident Wayne Manning used a blower to clear his driveway. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News)
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- Steven Gros shovels snow from outside his home in Orchard Park, N.Y., Nov. 18, 2014. Reuters/Judy Gros
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- Heavy Lake Effect snow falls and accumulates on a vehicle in the driveway of a home in Orchard Park, N.Y., Nov. 18, 2014. Reuters/Judith Gros
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- Snowplow in Town of Lancaster, near Buffalo. (John Hickey/Buffalo News)
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- Heavy Lake Effect snow falls and accumulates on a vehicle in the driveway of a home in Orchard Park, N.Y., Nov. 18, 2014. Reuters/Judith Gros
Here’s a timelapse video of the storm taken with Canon 5D from 31st Floor of One Seneca Tower in Downtown Buffalo, the tallest building in Buffalo by Jason Holler & Joseph DeBenedictis.
Watch video of the scene in New York.
Read more about this storm.
[Video h/t Gizmodo]
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