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Old 11-20-2022, 11:50 AM
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It's strange....my brother lives in the Binghamton/Vestal area, and up until today, no snow at all.
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Old 11-20-2022, 12:33 PM
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It's strange....my brother lives in the Binghamton/Vestal area, and up until today, no snow at all.

Pete, it's a Lake Effect storm. It only hammers the immediate area off of Lake Erie. It's all over now and the sun is out
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Old 11-20-2022, 02:17 PM
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Pete, it's a Lake Effect storm. It only hammers the immediate area off of Lake Erie. It's all over now and the sun is out
Joe....that's what I'm gathering from the reports.
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Old 11-20-2022, 04:12 PM
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^ Hurricanes are our nemesis Freddie. Never seen a snow storm take a roof off.
Yep. And we've certainly had our share. I remeber one, not too long ago, that drowned an entire city.
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Old 11-20-2022, 07:58 PM
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^ Hurricanes are our nemesis Freddie. Never seen a snow storm take a roof off.

But I've seen a snowstorm cave a roof in[emoji41]
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Old 11-21-2022, 12:16 PM
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... Never seen a snow storm take a roof off.
I've seen snow cause roof collapse, more than once.

Q: "Why do you live in Buffalo?"
A: "We came for the wings and then got snowed in."
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