Lake Effect - it's a wonderful thing - my daughter who lives on the West

[hedgehog]

Side of Buffalo is now posting pictures that she took today of the flowers still blooming in her front yard. Not one flake in sight. 3 miles away, first one, then another, and another and another tractor trailers jack knifed on the thruway about 8PM last night when the snow started. Before anyone could do anything, local commuters got on at various places and got stuck behind the accidents. Then it started snowing. By now (Thursday evening) we're talking 2 to 3 feet of wet snow piled on and around all those cars and trucks. The state crews are literally going from car to car digging people out to get them moving.

[tigereye]

1. Buffalo is crazy - my brother lived there for years and used to joke about

going out his door and sliding down the snowdrifts to get to the street.

[hedgehog]

2. My husband swears a neighbor drove home through a white-out -

inching forward from driveway to driveway until he got to his own and drove carefully into his garage - when he was rear-ended by the fellow who'd been following him. The other driver angrily demanded to know why he'd stopped!

[rurallib]

3. Sounds like it could be true

lmao.