Cheryl

If you have friends or family stuck in the Buffalo/Niagara airport, they should hopefully be going home soon. I don't know when the airport will re-open, but the snow has stopped and the sky is clear. I'm sure once the runways are cleared off, the planes will be taking off.

My 10 year old son is in his glory, but I'm climbing the walls!!! Oh well, that's what I get for living here. Hope all your loved ones who are stuck here make it home safely. Happy New Year!

Jess

I'm the one who lives an hour south of Buffalo who yesterday had green grass and sunshine. Boy, what a difference a day makes. We are getting blasted tonight. But it's all part of being a western new yorker. Cheryl, glad you are getting a break, for us it's going to be a long night!

Dan

Good. So you'll have TV service on Sunday when you can watch the Jets whup the Bills!

Cheryl

To Dan: Yep!

Cheryl

Hey, Dan....what was that about the Jets whupping the Bills?

Dan

You know, when I was writing that I knew I shouldn't have. Oh well, at least I don't have to live in Buffalo.

Cheryl

It's OK, Dan, I'll accept your apology. Anyhow, give us a break, we need one! Happy new year!

Jess

Your loss Dan.

ihatesnow

That is why I do not live in Buffalo

Pat

It's snowing again.

Carol

To Pat - It still has not snowed in Rochester. I had to go to Scotia NY this past weekend and it started to snow from Exit 45 in Rochester all the way to Scotia, but it did not hit Rochester at all. There has to be a dome over the whole city. Today we got an inch today. Making a total of maybe 12 inches. Syracuse has been hit pretty hard too. I feel bad for you guys. Drive safe.

Cheryl

The snow we got "again" totaled about 1 inch. It's all expected to melt this week when we hit 50 degrees. We get a thaw every January.

garyt

Hello gang! it seems like there are a lot of us Buffalo people on Fodors. Maybe we should get T-shirts made. All of us except Dan from NYC... Keep up the positive Buffalo Niagara vibes...there's a lot of things we can do to push the region...

Carol

Hey Buffalonian's, we have 52 degree weather here today in good old Roh cha cha. How about you. Upstate NY gets such a bad rap and we have so much to offer everyone. Well, Rochester has no snow so we can't offer that.

Wondering

Is it snowing in Buffalo now. How many additional inches have your received since the big snow storm?

IWANTSNOW

Hey, Buffalonians - could you PLEASE send some snow to Chicago? What a bummer winter we've had - waaay too warm for me - and positively no snow!

Cheryl

Sorry, Chicago, it's almost all gone. We've only had an additional inch or two since the big one. The last couple of years it seems that we get a whopper of a storm in November or December and then close to nothing for the rest of the winter!

IWANTSNOW

Cheryl: That seems to be the direction Chicago has been going in, too. However, we haven't had any snow to speak of, yet.
Did anyone watch the History Channel last night? They had a show about the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 - unbelievable! The snow was up to the second story on houses; completely buried cars. Now that was a little too much, even for me.
My husband grew up in Middleport, N.Y. - about 40 miles from Buffalo, so I have heard all the snow stories from him.

Cheryl

TO: IWANTSNOW (a/k/a Chicago)...I remember the blizzard of '77 like it was yesterday (OK, I was in high school). There hasn't been a storm since that compares. It is something I will never forget. You know, the Weather Channel doesn't always paint an exact picture of what's going in (at least here). A FEW areas in and around Buffalo did get 7 feet of snow last month; however, the majority of the city and metro area received between 2 and 3 feet. Please understand, to anyone who doesn't live here, 2-3 feet of snow sounds like a lot. To us, it's a major inconvenience. I hope you get some snow soon. Winter isn't over yet. As a matter of fact, my 10 yr. old is complaining that we haven't been sledding yet. It's only January...who knows!

Kathy

I'm not sure what it's like in other parts of the country but in Buffalo a major snowstorm actually brings people out of their houses, onto the streets. We have brand new next door neighbors who hadn't met many people on the street until the December storm, and then they met most everyone, as we were all walking around, shoveling each other out, etc. We know how to handle it here in Buffalo. Today, I'm just beginning to see the grass on my front yard.