3 Feet of Snow Buries Buffalo Area & Western New York

[@Nunyabiz34]

I’m always amazed at how people are willing to stop and talk to you in the midst of disaster. Thanks for sharing these stories.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I appreciate that! It’s all about the approach I think. I am pretty chill and I think many folks want to share their experiences, which I am always happy about

[@gferraro8353]

​@@JonathanPetramalahey good to see you again! Was this today or last week ? It's like of a few years ago with the Bills game. Last week the stadium looked full of snow, fans digging out for a seat. Clevelanders always tell people traveling not to go 90east toward Erie in the winter. Lake effect-Unless they got a few days to enjoy being stuck in that beautiful snow ! ❄️

[@daver00lzd00d]

​@@gferraro8353this was today/yesterday and is still ongoing now. the worst of it is winding down as I type though thankfully

[@daver00lzd00d]

if you lived around this area you wouldn't call a few feet of snow a disaster lol this is typical for the area, despite how crazy it seems to outsiders. WNY is quite good with dealing with lake effect poundings

[@peach7210]

​@@daver00lzd00d Truth! 2 or 3 feet is a walk in the park. I remember the year we got 7 feet. Now THAT was crazy!

[@lilaworley8935]

I'm in Hamburg. Still digging. Sometimes I wonder why I live here, but then I remember - we don't worry about alligators in the lake. 😉❄️

[@JonathanPetramala]

Haha or hurricanes

[@puff3400]

Alligators can survive frozen water with Their noses just peaking out the ice. In a hibernation type of body mode

[@Cheri94]

Or poisonous snakes(for the most part) and we can basically hide from our weather, can’t hide from hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, wild fires, I’ll take the snow any day!

[@benpresley7729]

Fk it ill take the warm weather over this. People rarely perish from heat stroke but even with the gear on your not surviving in the these freezing temps!

[@houdinis_tea]

​@@benpresley7729I still take out the trash in shorts, hoodie, and boots in this weather 😂 I wouldn't make it with hurricanes, bugs, or temperature over 85°

[@coldspring624]

I remember driving those snow plows for 16 hrs and by the end of the winter going home and falling asleep to the sound of the pto whine, lights blinking and the plow bouncing.......but it was a blast and I would do it again in a heart beat.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Plenty of work for plow driver this year so far that's for sure

[@lesterxxx7642]

I repaired the equipment, as you know about those job moments but, yes I would love to joint you

[@robertroberts9782]

😂 12 northern winters plowing...tossed in the towel and went south...it was fun till u had breakdown

[@WatermanIII]

I grew up where they snowplow would push as much snow as they could down the hill on my dead end street.

[@Lawrence-j7b]

Truck drivers really make the world go round they will stop at nothing to keep it moving hats off and a million thanks to you guys for keeping the world moving

[@jermainec2462]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💯

[@jfphotography69]

They have no choice. If they don't move they go out of business.

[@HappeningKorea]

This snowstorm is absolutely insane! 😱❄ Shoutout to the snow plow drivers working hard! 🚜💪 Merry Christmas! 🎅🏻💚🎄

[@peach7210]

Unless you've experienced it, lake effect snow is like no other. One year, we had 7 feet. 10 miles north of us, 2 inches.

[@JonathanPetramala]

It's honestly one of my favorite experiences in weather...the only snow that compares is up in the Sierra Nevada in California

[@JonathanPetramala]

@ my personal favorite place to be in snow…can get so epic up there! Glad you saw that one!

[@bluedarkness7125]

Yer, it was quite interesting.

[@tmakinthehouse]

I got fucked on 7 feet. But somehow survived. lol

[@houdinis_tea]

2022! We had 8ft, plus drifts!!!

[@anitamitchell3452]

Watching from southern Nevada. I don't want any part of that snow thank you very much. Stay safe and warm out there.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Thanks! We're holding out okay, looking forward to 70s this weekend back home lol

[@peach7210]

I'll happily drag my snowblower out a couple times a year to stay in NY! I've lived a couple of places around the country. I say no thank you to scorpions, lizards, red ants, cockroaches, hurricanes Etc

[@torsten6777]

The city of Buffalo is full of rats, cockroaches, and bed bugs. No thanks.

[@Manymoneymore]

I bet you are rednecks

[@Lawrence-j7b]

Truck drivers are undoubtedly the back bone of the world.They don't hesitate to track through the most dangerous snow covered roads anywhere at anytime.You guys and gals have my million thanks keep keeping on .ps you guys deserve a massive raise.

[@1GoodWoman]

I grew up in Williamsville just outside Buffalo. Back in the day we knew enough to stay put, wait for the storm to pass and the crews to clean things up. Now in Boston I was happy when several years ago a storm was coming at this scale and the governor shut down ALL the roads….no public driving for a couple of days. We were told in advance, prepped our homes and stayed put. It worked.

[@sixthickthistlestix5605]

Yah gov says stay inside slaves😅

[@JonathanPetramala]

I couldn't believe how many people were driving around 10 PM last night

[@dwarvenllama7134]

@@1GoodWoman people who don't know how to drive in it should stay home. But you know snowblower drivers, medical workers and honestly even down to McDonald's workers don't get the luxury of staying home. I'm not saying these are the only people out there driving, but you don't know do you?!

[@tmakinthehouse]

@@dwarvenllama7134 yes

[@1GoodWoman]

@@dwarvenllama7134 I worked in a hospital operating room so yes I know. The Massachusetts governor did exempt critical workers but in blizzards at all basic operating facilities there are policies and procedures to maintain functional operations. That’s not what was happening here.

[@danb3080]

Nothing more nerve racking than driving in a white out. Stay safe Buffalo!

[@axe2grind244]

The best is when someone is in front of you within visibility so you can follow the red taillights. Or try to follow the last vehicles tracks. I’ve been in many of these.

[@0annonymous]

One time I had nothing but a bike to get around on and had to ride entire tracks to an appointment The snow was piled up on the edge of the road up over the curb, it was just a mountain I had cars behind me honking angrily, but they saw the obvious, I couldn't get over and was stuck with just tire tracks to get to and from my appointment Not one of those angry drivers cared to help When we had several feet of snow piled up along the main drag and only tire tracks on the main drag, snow was several inches thick But yet again drivers had the gall To hog at me knowing I couldn't go nowhere but in those tire tracks I got to my appointment and it was actually open After my appointment I had to return home exactly as I came, following in the tire tracks, and again no one cared to stop and help Sometimes when you're huffing and puffing out in the cold, there comes a brief moment when your lungs suddenly hurt and you can feel every single passage, it FEELS like you're gonna DIE! Limit exposure when it's too cold, and if you DON'T have to go out, just DON'T It's one thing if you're going from home to car, or if you're walking or biking a short distance on a decent day, just make sure you don't do any extra traveling During those times you don't have to be out, just don't go out and if possible, don't even open your door

[@SusieQ92AZ]

I live in Hamburg and work in Cheektowaga near the airport. Couldn’t go to work yesterday due to 3 feet of snow at home. Made it to work today and Cheektowaga barely had 3 inches! Thanks for sharing your perspective. It’s hard to imagine what it’s really like without being out in it. I was only out for 30 minutes clearing my car, can’t imagine what it must have been like for you!

[@JonathanPetramala]

It is crazy how localized lake effect snow can be! Glad you enjoyed the experience!

[@HobbyMoose79]

oh no, a winter storm. humm in our days they said stay home. but you do you, I do me. hot cocoa and baileys and a warm couch. Have a great winter.

[@JonathanPetramala]

If I had a choice, what a nice day to just enjoy a couple of cocktails and watch some movies

[@AskIvy]

But the summers are beautiful 🏖️

[@Lok-TM]

True, and people really maximize the nicer seasons, there's always some kind of festival or event every week.

[@AskIvy]

@@Lok-TM never a dull moment

[@nijophilip1927]

Then people complaint about how hot it is..

[@JonathanPetramala]

I have never actually been here in the summer lol, just in lake effect

[@AskIvy]

@@JonathanPetramala it’s amazing🌞Fall, too.🍁

[@emfijen]

💙when people come together to help each other.

[@jaycahow4667]

It does not even have to snow to have a blizzard, it is all about wind and lack of visibility. It can just be blowing existing snow around.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Ground blizzards are very difficult

[@dyates6380]

I've driven I 90 several times in those conditions between Buffalo and Cleveland. It's NO fun and whenever I take that route these days, I take a GOOD look several days ahead, and if there's even a chance of lake effect, I don't go on my trip. Best of luck to all these people, especially the truckers who have no choice but to drive it.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Luckily the weather is warming up quickly so it will all melt this weekend

[@dyates6380]

@@JonathanPetramala That's good news!

[@satunnainenkatselija4478]

Someone should make of a video of how to drive in deep snow. The truck at 0:25 in this video is not going anywhere anymore without heavy equipment because he dug himself into a hole in which his wheels are now spinning. That is a common mistake drivers make. If the vehicle stops moving, clutch in and reverse. Tread the snow by driving back and forth. If you park a hot car with its underbody resting on snow, it will melt the snow and glue itself in. Spinning tires on a car that's frozen on snow finalizes the wait for spring condition.

[@deathrebelty]

I live about 20 minutes north of Buffalo and we had green grass and sunny skies today

[@Aido9103]

So like if you drive 5 min will there just be 3 feet of snow or what?

[@Aido9103]

I love on Long Island so we haven’t gotten snow since about 1875

[@dcijams]

was thinking of buying a left over motorcycle in north port. I think not, I'm in south Florida

[@daver00lzd00d]

​@@Aido9103 yep and then keep driving another 15 minutes and you're back to completely green grass and clear skies. lake effect bands are VERY thin strips of crazy snowfall with sharp cutoff between it and getting nothing. they look like a wall of grey and white when looking at them from outside

[@dadgarage7966]

Cold and really windy but bone dry in Toronto today.

[@buyamerican3191]

It never ceases to amaze me how when as soon as the roads get bad everybody needs to go somewhere. Smarten up people, stay home and park your cars.

[@johnlombardo7816]

i think when you get as much snow as they do up there, nothing shuts down until its too late, they figure they can handle it.. i mean i live in westchester county, far east and south from here, when we are supposed to get 1 foot or more we dont close (because our corporate headquarters is in LI) they never get snow so they figure the rest of us are fine.. smh.. ive been caught a few times stuck for hours.. it seems this one hit much quicker than anything ive ever been a part of.

[@CrayOutoors]

Honestly those roads weren't crowded, I think most people did stay home. Some people have no choice, I had to go to 40 minutes to work to keep things plowed (fortunately I've only had one day that was a terrible drive so far). This particular snow event (2 different storms) lasted for about 2 weeks in Eden, there were only a couple days in-between the 2 storms. People need to go to work eventually. Also as they said, the lake effect snow comes off the lake in narrow bands. It can be fine one place and then a complete white-out 10 minutes down the road. When the snow-warning is issued its difficult to tell whether or not it's actually going to affect your drive around here. You can also end up in a situation were your drive to work is fine, but then the band shifts north or south and your drive home is insane! But anyway, I do have sympathy for the snow plow (totally understandable) and the lady that needed to go to work as a mental health counselor. I don't necessarily know why the empty trucks felt that they needed to try and drive through the snow band...

[@johnlombardo7816]

@@CrayOutoors thanks for sharing, feel like its more unsafe during these with the not knowing .. stay safe my friend ❤❤

[@frankcastle5294]

Buffalo...Erie....Cleveland people some of the nicest folks on earth. How they live like this in the winter is beyond me. God bless them because this winter has been brutal up there. Greetings from southern PA

[@JonathanPetramala]

They're a tough bunch and also very kind.

[@kathycarter4892]

It really hasn’t this isn’t no big deal we are use to it we get this every blue moon 🌖

[@kathycarter4892]

Still rather live in the north the southern area have been hit bad with tornadoes 🌪️ hurricanes 🌀 have destroyed them the snow doesn’t do that we good.

[@kathycarter4892]

We get tornado 🌪️ every blue moon never get them but due to global warming an few been hit but nothing like the southern states nothing like that

[@frankcastle5294]

@@kathycarter4892 I as well. Southern PA native and I'll take the distincty 4 seasons any time.

[@CoyoteWoods-fm3gj]

Beautiful weather you have to love it.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I can't say that I love it but it certainly is beautiful.

[@CP-os1pc]

Lived thru that weather for years.

[@v.dargain1678]

Same . I was born in Syracuse .

[@jackperson3626]

Thanks!

[@JonathanPetramala]

You're welcome! I appreciate the support!

[@johnmarkemel6934]

I foolishly drove down to a neighborhood in Hamburg yesterday during the storm and got my sedan stuck 6 times. Luckily I was prepared with snow pants, winter jacket, ski mask, gloves and a shovel. Somehow I managed to get out and was able to snowblow for a friend

[@JonathanPetramala]

Glad you had yourself protected. The wind was brutal and frost bite was a real danger

[@dano1234v]

Buffalo 1977 look at that

[@michaellevine6019]

My unit out of Ft. Bragg, N.C. I was there helping dig Buffalo out.

[@TD_JR]

I was a kid in 77, actually drove around town back then during the storm with my dad. 22 was far worse...

[@birdienellis1677]

Yes that was an intense winter.i had just graduated high school.i will never forget how bad it was about 25 miles south of Erie PA.

[@NovaTech4]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="400">6:40</a> did he say "falling at an almost pornographic rate? 6 inches per hour" 😂😂

[@paulferrante5192]

Yup he did !!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JonathanPetramala]

Yes lol. You don’t know how excited weather nerds get for things like that

[@lucanidae100]

Thanks for the update

[@JonathanPetramala]

No problem 👍. Appreciate you watching!

[@bigcahuna42366]

To give you an idea how lake effect snow works, I live 65 miles away in Rochester and so far we've received only six inches of snow this entire season. The most we've received in just one day so far is two inches.

[@JonathanPetramala]

One of my favorite weather phenomena bc of things just like this

[@axe2grind244]

As a Lake View/Hamburg home owner I can say for certain that for 5 months it’s one of the nicest places to live in America, and one of the most insane the other 7. I live right off of Old Lakeshore rd so I get hit with (almost) the full strength of the wind and it’s nuts. The waves from the lake and the wind through the trees are so loud i can hear it from my bedroom with the windows closed lol.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Did you guys get the ice formation this storm? We saw a little but nothing major

[@axe2grind244]

@@JonathanPetramala No ice, too cold out for that. And just like always it’s gonna be 50 a few days later 🤦‍♂️

[@Ken-xr8lf]

Excellent job of reporting.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Thank you! I appreciate you checking the video out!

[@benryzebol8349]

Seen the plow on its side about 5 times in my road plowing years ,one of those times was the truck I was driving in freezing rain and colleges of mine in blizzard conditions over the years, it’s just a hazard of the job,always working in very challenging weather conditions.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I feel blizzards are the toughest to drive in (and ice storms of course). Someone asked me on X yesterday what was worse: Hurricanes or Blizzards to drive in. Easily a blizzard for me.

[@mahealanihawaii9830]

Looks fun. Playing in the snow.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Saw kids playing in it at 2 AM lol

[@v.dargain1678]

It is . Unless you have a work schedule to complete .

[@dennisward4855]

how is all your front wheel drive crossover vehicles working out for you???

[@jbkibs]

I LOVE driving in snow like this. It's so fun.

[@themechanic7625]

Not fun driving a tractor trailer

[@davidmann4533]

Snow sucks

[@wickedlester2743]

Me too except ABS brakes and all-wheel drive put the kabash on donuts and fishtails 😒

[@thebigguy5226]

Until you lose total control of your vehicle.

[@jbkibs]

@@thebigguy5226 yeah. It's still pretty though. I go out every year when it starts coming down.

[@ramonaweston791]

I really don’t miss this kind of snow fall. Be safe out there. Thanks for reporting.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I appreciate you watching!

[@mattandnoahshow112]

I live like 2 mins away from where that plow fell. There also was another one literally like 1 mile down the same road. I was driving my quad on all the roads drifting around and having fun. Did not get stuck thankfully.

[@JonathanPetramala]

We actually were surprised we didn't see more quads out and about.

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

Three years ago, I took advantage of an overturned plow and went (later, when the snow was gone) and filled the truck up with the discarded sand. I still have a small pile left. People saw my wife and I filling wheelbarrows (could not stop on risky corner) and dumping it into the bed and began their own salvage operation. This attracted the police, who closed it down because so many people didn't ask the landowner for permission to drive up next to it, so they stopped on the street. A lot of idiots around, even after the snow is gone. A handy berm let me back the tailgate into the hill and we just wheeled it in. Wished I had a front loader, it would have been very quick and easy. Amazing how much trouble four inches of snow causes in the Seattle/Everett area. Can't wait to see four feet sometime (never is a long time to wait).

[@Lawrence-j7b]

Truck drivers are undoubtedly the back bone of the world.They don't hesitate to track through the most danger ous snow covered roads anywhere at anytime.You guys and gals have my million thanks keep keeping on .ps you guys deserve a massive raise.

[@jazzisforpainting4928]

I get out of work in t/southtowns about 1am & was driving home in a white out last night. Then as I slept I had a dream about driving off the road.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Glad it was just a dream because I know how intense it was during the storm

[@antinatalope]

Good luck folks. I remember the blizzard of '76. Had to sleep at the customs office.

[@JonathanPetramala]

‘22 blizzard was pretty crazy too

[@antinatalope]

@@JonathanPetramala Being in Toronto, you guys are like cousins to me. I love Western New York. Stay safe and warm Jonathan. 😀

[@johngalanti1010]

I just missed it went out to Buffalo 🦬 to visit cousins in 77'

[@antinatalope]

@johngalanti1010 I hit it as I was coming back from seeing cousins in Alexandria, VA. 😆

[@JonathanPetramala]

Thank you! Winter is just getting started! Hopefully I will find myself in a lot of snow over the next four months.

[@Nobrun1]

And to think I almost moved to that area to be closer to my family in Ontario, Canada. Whew. Summers look very different.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I hear summers are great up here but I have never been, only here for lake effect snow lol

[@klankenwsb5385]

Route 20 yesterday morning by the stadium was horrible. My bad decision to go out. Incredibly lucky (and a bit skilled) that i got home without incident.

[@JonathanPetramala]

It always seems to get bad through there

[@robswan4170]

As a Western New Yorker myself (lockport) I have to say the snow makes Buffalo The city of good neighbors when you have snow like this everyone has to help each other

[@stumpynubs5387]

I want to move from Fl to Buffalo. Great skiing.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I will stick living in florida

[@stevek8829]

In Florida the malls have skating. In South Jersey the lakes don't freeze solid anymore. In Buffalo area you need to shovel six feet off the lake to skate.

[@madavankutty497]

Only in Upstate NY.other parts of NY no snow for almost 3 years..

[@obsidianwing]

Great Job going into the snow and Presenting how it really ist when the Lake effect hit.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Thank you! I hope you enjoyed the unique shots of some of the blowing snow!

[@cynthiasmith4130]

I love the snow!! I have been waiting all year for Winter!!!! So quiet no horns honking nobody flipping you off nobody cutting you off... There's nothing like it.... 🥶🥶❄️❄️☃️☃️☃️❄️❄️❄️.....

[@torsten6777]

That’s the nice part about it, it’s so quiet when there is snow.

[@markee063]

I've seen 5 feet in Hamburg B4. Now in west virginia 5 inches closes the churches!

[@JonathanPetramala]

November 2022 was the record for a single day I believe. That was a wild storm to experience

[@OldTrucker958]

I have slid a snow plow, a big highway plow into a ditch, but not that bad

[@JonathanPetramala]

They were so heavy in the back I think it added to the tip over

[@HankJr.]

Drove right through it as I headed home from work yesterday morning. Headed down to Evans from Lackawanna and the closer I got to Evans the worse it got. Worst I’ve ever been in as far as visibility goes. Was following another truck and with hazards and a light bar on of lose sight of him once he got beyond 2 car lengths. Cars and trucks stopped everywhere, was insane.

[@JonathanPetramala]

It was definitely tough at times to see beyond your hood

[@DCDura]

Chains that fit? Winter tires? Prepare people. Park the vehicles, stay home or in a hotel. All Season Tires=No Season in Winter. These events give plenty of warning. Pay attention. Your life is worth it.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I was surprised the semi driver didn’t have chains that fit. I was helping him and they wouldn’t quite get around the tire

[@borisscepanovic1684]

They should make winter tires mandatory in that region.Every single year same problems but authorities don't seem to care.

[@MrJohnnyb42]

Got to love BuffalooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@v.dargain1678]

I💗NY . Maybe not the Big Apple as much as the rest .

[@johngalanti1010]

And this is exactly why people get in accidents or freeze to death.WHY ARE THEY ON THE ROAD AT ALL??

[@ericpl7227]

Because people work for a living!

[@rumplestilskin3084]

I love how all these videos show south of Buffalo getting a little snow, come to the TUG HILL we will show what real snow looks like !

[@leosmith848]

Gotta lurve that global wurming

[@dustyflats3832]

Well, the lakes didn’t freeze and then with roller coaster temps this is what happens.

[@Jc-ms5vv]

Yeah the arctic is loving it too where they’re seeing temps 70f above average

[@gnrrailroad1531]

The storm of 77 was 10ft deep and almost shut down Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna NY.

[@dieselsdirtyworks]

I'm so jealous of you guys I wish we got snow like that here in Wisconsin

[@JonathanPetramala]

It's been awhile for you guys

[@Derrek4Real]

Its buffalo ppl.... its been this way forever... ive lived here 39 years.... nothing new be prepared

[@paulferrante5192]

Pretty much the same w/ Rochester, NY !!!

[@ts1931]

Yeah my friend I have never seen a plowtruck on its side before. I live in Michigan but wow you guys can keep it okay.....lol...wish you all the best you guys!!

[@paulwicklund5044]

That truck driver from Superior Wisconsin should have known better and stayed at the truck stop.

[@borisscepanovic1684]

TRuck stops in that area?There is no such a thing.

[@SukiAwake]

I love your channel.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I'm glad you're enjoying the content! I appreciate the support!

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

KZbin fed me this after I watched a Matt's Off Road vid. Living in Everett, WA, I think it is hilarious when we get 4 inches of snow and this happens. 4 inches and the local news blasts 'It's SNOWMAGGEDON!!!!!!!!!!' And i am just going, yeah, well, relax and slow down, you will get there if everyone else just slows down, too. Yeah, well, big 'if' on that part. Seattle drivers just can't handle snow.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I have seen Seattle drivers in the snow and can confirm

[@sxelxe1961]

I was born and raised in New England and this is why I have lived in the Arizona 🏜 for the last 23 year! You never have to shovel sunshine or worry about slipping or falling on ice, no mowing the grass or raking the leaves....but that's the kind of snow I used to go for walks in❤

[@JonathanPetramala]

It’s a beautiful state! My mom decided to do the same thing…a lot of rodeos in the winter there

[@suitcase3350]

I’m gonna stay right here in Florida thank you.🚶🏿

[@JonathanPetramala]

I am looking forward to getting back to 70s this weekend lol

[@ClawPhD]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="408">6:48</a> "meteorological money shot" lmao

[@Glen-j2f]

I'm always amazed at how stupid people are when there is a whopper snowstorm in their face.

[@isdrakens]

The reason why European trucks have a Boogie lift on the rear tractor wheel axel. Better traction and weight adjustment in poor grip conditions

[@blackgrandpa7652]

Last week up here in Canada we got 6 feet and it was just another day WE THE NORTH 😅

[@1xsnrg]

Bracebridge?

[@holeshot1721]

Good job on the drone in the snow! You guys are brave

[@JonathanPetramala]

Thanks, I appreciate the support!

[@bertkelly7650]

Give truckers huge fines and they will stay off the roads.

[@TheRealRenn]

….and you’ll be the first one to complain in the Amazon reviews how your cat food did not arrive on time

[@ericpl7227]

The next time you go to the super market, make sure you don't get anything that a truck delivered! You might better just not go to the super market!

[@bertkelly7650]

@@ericpl7227 That's why people stock up when a storm is coming. Maybe the signs shouldn't say no commercial trucks?

[@nymetsfan912]

Boy oh boy am I glad I just moved to south Florida from NJ. We may not have gotten the amount of snow Buffalo gets but regardless it’s cold af and it snows. I leave the house for work in shorts and a tshirt daily and it’s mid December. Life is good!

[@JonathanPetramala]

You’re living the dream!

[@Mythoughtonpoliticaltopics]

Stay home folks

[@Dilemma009]

awesome production. thought it was watching a news cast! I just finish watching Brandon Coopic and Connor Croff (his last stream go to <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="397">6:37</a>:00 mark and omg the white outs. Crazy enough 2 years ago we had a blizzard with more snow and obv wids up to 40++ MPH like you WERENT traveling. Before that we had 7 feet.. it just keeps going lol

[@JonathanPetramala]

Thank you! I hope it showed the storm in a unique way for you. Yes I think you are talking about November and December of 2022?

[@Padoinky]

Dude - you’re obviously not from western or central NYS….? This is now an average winter weather cycle - it used to be, back in the 60s-80s, that the snowfall, whilst formidable (commencing in early Nov through EOM March), totaling up to 200”/season, was fairly predictable, w/ maybe a big Nor’easter blizzard yrly, but nowadays, w/ the Great Lakes no longer getting iced over, the relatively “warm” Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are now just huge catalysts for the infamous “lake effect” phenomenon, wherein some areas, maybe only a few miles apart, will have drastically different snowfall accumulations… this is the new reality that has taken hold commencing in the 90s through today…

[@HANZELVANDERLAAY]

I love snow..and will plan to be there next winter..my place in Florida will be available..lol

[@daver00lzd00d]

and it's all going to melt (again) when even just 20 years ago when I was a kid we had several months of snow on the ground. now it's freeze-thaw-freeze-thaw all winter long if even that. can't even build snow forts anymore there's never enough snow and you sure won't be able to go inside of it a few days after if you happen to get enough because it'll all be gone

[@danlowe8684]

Ontario has rarely frozen above 50% since NOAA records began in 1973. Erie has frozen over only in 1977, 78 and 1996. 1977 was the worst blizzard Buffalo has seen in modern times due to the snow being blown across the frozen lake.

[@trudygentry5859]

WOW everyone be safe.

[@edwardranno7119]

Buffalo gets 6 feet of snow

[@JonathanPetramala]

Yep Lake Erie is a snow machine!

[@tinatepe2078]

I feel bad for them there, but thankful that the wind blew that storm in that direction and not towards us this time.

[@THEMHGIII]

And yet another reason that I don’t live in WNY anymore. Frostbite on fingers ears wrists and toes from shoveling snow as a kid. I used to get so mad because the state plows would push 3 feet of heavy wet snow into the front of our driveway that when I saw them coming, I would stand in the road in front of the driveway lean on my shovel and force them to go around me or hit me!

[@JonathanPetramala]

They got us stuck today ironically bc they pushed a lot of snow into a driveway 🤦‍♂️

[@THEMHGIII]

@@JonathanPetramala my mom would yell at me “get out of the way they’re gonna kill you! I’d yell back, yah and you’ll be Rich!!!

[@JonathanPetramala]

@@TUGG75 shovels are critical lol

[@DS-nv8bi]

i do the same in MN in town they do not care about putting a ton of snow at the end of my driveway. last winter i started parking my truck at the end hanging a bit into the street making them slow down.

[@DimereseiniNRobbyRavouvou]

they the strongest earthlings beautiful handsome the 4 seasons countries we call them the ALL WEATHER Universal just look at them still smiling and keeps grinding God bless always guys

[@stivey79]

Why would you try to travel through this and endanger the lives of others. I've seen these truckers driving excessive speeds on I-90 during serious weather events...! Why, why, why....!

[@WorthyIsTheLamb-rm4pd]

This is the best comment, and the best question that I've read on here... There are some dangerous creatures driving some of those trucks out there. I have a deceased friend that was decapitated due to a truck driver who drove like a maniac and just did NOT care... My friend is no longer here due to ignorance like this stuff right here.

[@mathiasschumacher7321]

Shareholder value

[@ericpl7227]

The next time you go to the super market, make sure you don't get anything that a truck delivered! You might better just not go to the super market!

[@mathiasschumacher7321]

@@ericpl7227 Useless comment. He wants to go to the Supermarket, but hates drivers being coerced to risk their lives. What is so difficult to understand about that?

[@ericpl7227]

@@mathiasschumacher7321 because if you park the trucks, the products don't get there! (I hope I didn't type too fast and lose you there!)

[@Twobarpsi]

You gotta respect Mother Nature!! Sometimes you should not drive! Great reporting Jonathan!!

[@JonathanPetramala]

Thank you for checking it out!

[@bobwatson1162]

😕 Put a dome on the new stadium... Buffalo

[@markgolden6265]

Really a horrible decision not to

[@davidmann4533]

@@markgolden6265dome would collapse 😂

[@BabsKaz]

No. Newyorkers have already spent far too much on that crap 😞

[@JonathanPetramala]

I am always curious as to why they built it south of Buffalo...sort of the buckle of the snow belt in Southtowns. But I am always impressed by the fandom here for the Bills

[@JonathanPetramala]

@@davidmann4533 haha, you might be right

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

Hopefully the Tesla can learn to avoid any snowdrifts it can get stuck in

[@patbrennan6572]

The further away from them damn Great Lakes you can get the smarter you are.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Snow machines

[@carlosbarross]

Me from Rio thinking that's cool and beautiful (the Snow)! 😍♥️

[@JonathanPetramala]

Rio is great!

[@Rich-o2y]

Where is global warming?

[@martyk1156]

This is the result of the lake being to warm due to global warming. Lake erie has not even frozen over in the last few years making storms like this possible all winter long.

[@GeorgePippin-bi6dv]

That IS global warming...educate yourself

[@Padoinky]

Y’all are a simpleton? This is the result of global warming - the Great Lakes use to freeze over solid each winter - the Arctic freeze air flows, following the jet stream, still flow west->East and move north to south as the jet stream flows… the weather systems in the past were not always able to pick up moisture from the iced over Great Lakes and thus the snowfalls were more predictable… now, w/ lakes Erie and Ontario no longer freezing over, those same Arctic air patterns cross over open and warmer waters, sucking up moisture and upon hitting higher land, they dump prodigious amounts of snowfall in isolated bands, causing drastically different conditions and snowfall in towns north of the lakes, wherein towns 5 miles apart one might have 6” whilst the other one has 2’… the new climate reality

[@daver00lzd00d]

where is your brain? because you are showing just how slow you are writing this. you thought you were doing something here, but you're just proving you're clueless

[@sixthickthistlestix5605]

Sun controls weather,the jet streams....not the globalists😅

[@METALMAN4Wii]

Dome cities who's with me?

[@markgolden6265]

The next 2 Bills games scheduled for home will be in Detroit

[@daver00lzd00d]

​@@markgolden6265 they absolutely will not be lmao this snow will be cleaned up by tomorrow

[@markgolden6265]

@ lol no it won’t. It’s going to be piled up on the side of the roads. It’s going to snow the rest of the month. And if the lake does not freeze it going to snow until March! I grew there not new there!

[@markgolden6265]

@ daveOOlzdOOdHow the snow melt go for you today? Why didn’t it go away?

[@daver00lzd00d]

@@markgolden6265 it never started because I didn't have any snow genius

[@jeffbrown5709]

Looks like a very fun challenge !!!! Watching while im sitting out at the pool drinking a cold one ....

[@JonathanPetramala]

Haha that’s the best way to experience this

[@kennethswain4643]

In the mid 80s, we got almost 4 feet of snow in about 3 days in north creek, n.y. My buddy picked me up on a snowmobile and brought me to basil&wicks for a "cold one!"

[@JonathanPetramala]

That's a good friend

[@snowblowerman5115]

Learned a valuable lesson during the last storm I was involved in a pretty nasty accord on my way to work due to weather conditions. I am consider essential I can drive thru travel bans but next time I’ll call into work. Everyone is who’s driving thru it just think is injuring yourself or others or even possibly worse worth going to work or to store etc. Please just stay home work can wait. Yes I do know some people haft to go to work like hospital staff and such but if you have the option to stay home stay home. This accident changed my life and how I’ll handle winter.

[@JonathanPetramala]

Glad you are ok! Definitely isn’t worth it for most people to be out there

[@blainclatworthy5423]

As a Cdn, I have driven in my share of snow Storms during 40 yrs of Driving, especially in Northern Ontario.

[@JonathanPetramala]

I don't envy you, very difficult job in these conditions

[@frank31307]

You either haven’t been around long enough or you’ve never been to the snowbelt

[@simmonsrenos9111]

Buffalo folks are a hardy bunch... They always seem to bear the brunt of those lake Erie storms.🇨🇦

[@JonathanPetramala]

Good folks

[@donaldteal6315]

God bless everyone in Buffalo in New York be safe ✝️🕊️🇺🇸

[@surroundedbyjaggoffs]

It’s not like they didn’t know it was coming!!!

[@JonathanPetramala]

Very well forecasted

[@FriedTater57]

Man ! No Way my goodness❤

[@jrosealmendras88]

Thank you for saharing go drivers fighting💪👏

[@JonathanPetramala]

It's a tough job!

[@igorluiz9551]

Whoever tried to drive a Mustang in these conditions is wild

[@xtheregulator42x]

my left ear enjoyed certain parts

[@JonathanPetramala]

Blame apple and me forgetting my mic

[@eduardfrazao3506]

You have to be ready for these get ready

[@alexcornerstone6174]

THIS IS A MIRACLE! ITS NEVER SNOWED LIKE THAT BEFORE, EVER. 😆😂🤣🤡🥳

[@JonathanPetramala]

Why do you think this is the national media? I just show the reality on the ground and in a way that no one really shows these storms.

[@chad7287]

This is just part of living in Buffalo, or the Tug Hill region in New York. The Tug Hill area’s second storm this season dropped 2 feet, just 2 weeks after getting between 3 and 4 feet dumped the weekend after Thanksgiving, followed by a melt. This winter has been crazy.

[@JonathanPetramala]

That's what makes it fun, right? The unpredictability!

[@FPFN1513]

I will like to get the winter glasses!

[@JonathanPetramala]

They help

[@UndergroundMetalDetecting]

It makes it fun for metal detecting here in WNY!