Governor Andrew Cuomo is investing millions of dollars on improving the state's response to natural disasters, whether it's a hurricane sweeping through eastern New York or
a lake effect snow storm battering Buffalo.
For area residents and business which suffered damage from the November
Lake Effect snow storm that dumped several feet of snow on parts of Western New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo is seeking a federal disaster declaration.
Just in time for the first major
Lake Effect snow storm of the season - the Buffalo Police Department has rolled out new all - wheel drive cars.
Not exact matches
Unlike a
lake -
effect storm that can dump 4 or 5 inches of
snow per hour, this winter
storm was expected to be much calmer.
That wind will bring a second wave of
storm to Central and Western New York in the form of
lake effect snow.
He opened his speech, though, by recalling how he spent a week with his entire cabinet grappling with the aftermath of a
lake effect storm that dumped over seven feet of
snow in areas just south of Buffalo.
As Buffalo braces for its next dose of
snow following the city's first major
lake effect storm, officials say plows are ready and traffic conditions should be better, compared to Wednesday afternoon's gridlock.
The significant
Lake Effect storm and flooding November 18 - 26, 2014 pounded south Buffalo, Lackawanna, Hamburg, Lancaster and Orchard Park with more than seven feet of
snow.
Unlike
lake -
effect which can be light and fluffy, the complex
storm system that moved into the region Thursday night had blown east by late morning brought especially heavy
snow.
The state Thruway Authority says the entire length of the interstate is open, after
snow from last week's
lake -
effect storm in the Buffalo area was removed.
Years ago, I pushed the idea of developing a reality - TV show, «Extremities,» on science at the edge of what's possible, sort of Mythbusters with a rotating cast that'd include biologists climbing cliffs in Greenland to study nesting falcons, the team I joined on the sea ice near the North Pole and — certainly — scientists driving around Oswego, N.Y., with portable Doppler radars to plumb the innards of
storms that produce that region's astounding
lake -
effect snow, one result of which is depicted in this photo (NOAA):
Among recent extreme
lake -
effect snow events was a February 2007 10 - day
storm total of over 10 feet of
snow in western New York state.12
Lake effect snow is comparatively much easier to forecast that there is going to be a major storm but much less confidence in timing, amounts and locations because the conditions for lake effect snow are very nar
Lake effect snow is comparatively much easier to forecast that there is going to be a major
storm but much less confidence in timing, amounts and locations because the conditions for
lake effect snow are very nar
lake effect snow are very narrow.
In November 2014 there was a massive
lake -
effect snow storm in Western New York.