I guess that no one remembers the Blizzard of 77... over 8 feet of snow fell in about 24 hours and combined with high winds to make drifts of up to 40 feet. I lived in a 3rd floor apartment, and the snow was just short of our balcony. In many cases it reached up to rooftops. The wind pounded the snow into the engine compartment of my brand-new car, and it wouldn't start until we dug out the snow. Cars that pulled off the roads were literally buried, and it took weeks to find and dig them out. Hope you all fare better this time, but never underestimate the snow in Buffalo!

I was born and raised in Buffalo......was in the blizzard of 77....the amount of snow dumped in this storm is crazy ! Prayers for safety!

When I was a kid we used to build snow forts with tunnels running underneath. A great place to play. ☃⛄

Now this is literally the perfect chance to say, “when I was your age, I had to travel through 77’’ of snow.”

The UK goes nuts over 4 inches of snow. We would be completely knackered with 77 inches. Good luck to you all!

Lived in the WNY area most of my life, this is just one of these episodes which hit us every 10 years or so. We will be back in business pretty quickly and most people won't be too effected except those who over-exert and suffer cardio/vascular problems. By far the worst such event here occurred here in Jan. 1977 where the drifts covered the tops of telephone poles.

Love that he gave the driver credit!! That's never discussed.

77 inches in Orchard Park. That's 6'5". So if you're 6 foot 9 the snow is up to your eyeballs. Not the drifts or the piles the plows leave. Everywhere. Your roof, your yard, the street. Then any drifts/piles... That's nuts.

I LOVE NY, ain’t no place I’d rather be, even in Winter. I’ve lived here all of my 61 years and will live here until I die, we deal with some rough weather in Winter but the changing seasons are spectacular and we don’t have have to deal with earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes ( we get very few tornadoes in NY) , ungodly high temps and for the most part we have the kindest people that live here, we take care of each other here in NY.

It’s interesting from an engineering perspective, because in Minnesota (my home state), you’ll never really see a thick snow covered roof on a house. They are all designed to be taller and steeper so the snow falls off when it gets too heavy. I suppose they don’t build them like that out near the coasts because it normally isn’t necessary. Crazy how much a few feet of snow can weigh, let alone six…

Wow, years ago I helped clear the roof of a split level home, after which you could step from roof to packed snow. Then we had to find a spot to slide down to the drive. Our area didn't have snow plows, they had huge snow blowers on the front of dump trucks that blew the snow up to 40 feet between houses.

I hope everyone stays as safe as possible there. I was a student at Buffalo State College in 2002-2004 and I remember the snow we got those winters and being mad we still had to go to class, lol. I’ve never seen anything like this. I live in Fl now so I have to deal with tropical storms and hurricanes every once in awhile. God bless you guys. Buffalo has a special place in my ❤.

It's a way of life here. I live in Oswego my whole life, and nasty winters are a cost of living here. We've been fortunate for too long with mild winters. Now it's like the winters I remember when I was a child. Extreme wind chills and massive amounts of snow. This is nothing new or surprising for us. We make due, clear out the snow, and go on with life. But investing in a snowblower and snowmobile are highly recommended. Stay safe and warm to all my fellow snowbelters.

Parents are annoyed but the kids are like oh yeah.

You are all in our prayers. We have lived through blizzards and my heart goes out to you all.....🙏🙏🙏

Aww poor man … who lost the bowling alley. New beginnings for you sir! Painful but the new is worth it for u an the family

And yet people still refused to heed warnings and try to get out and drive around. Unbelievable stupidity!

I hope people remain safe and warm!

Fire Chief says everyone should stay home ., journalists and mayor say this is a great photo opportunity

So what happens if your electric vehicle gets stuck and you can’t go nowhere? How do you keep warm?

that lake effect snow from Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, I live a couple hours drive south of there and the weather is mild by comparison, absolutely crazy, it's just barely snowing here on the NY border

I grew up just outside Chicago, so I'm very familiar with winter and snow, and I've seen a wall of snow move in like that more times than I like to think about. Only been though Buffalo once, but it seemed like a good town. Good luck.

Be safe out there in that snow people. from Phoenix, AZ.

I've seen it, about 65 years ago! 6' of snow. Life goes on !!!

This is nothing new. My great uncle spent the majority of his life in way upstate Ney York, from the late 50's clear through the 90's and he would tell me about getting snowed in for months at a time. 5-6 foot "snow drifts" as he called it. Literally had to shovel from the front door out and up to stand on the frozen snow and climb up on the roof of his house! But also instilling about being prepared, because when it catches you off guard like this one you can get in to trouble real quick.😳

*Just Perfect for Santa and His Team*

Imagine having electric car in these conditions

I like my country farming small town area . We got several feet of snow a few times last year and the locals working with the state take their farm equipment and hit the roads so within a few hours its business as usual.

Don't worry--all of New York's diversity will melt it away and save everyone.

I used to live in the Buffalo area. Now I just sit back and love watching these winter storm videos from my home in Phoenix, AZ. 😂

I just pull out the tape to show my kids. We're in WI. Never seen such an Ominous cloud of snow.. Roll in like that. Perhaps keeping 3days of food n water and NOT GETTING IN THE WAY OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS!! would be a kind action.

if you live in buffalo or in ny in general you knew what was coming so why are people acting so surprised as if a asteroid came through and annihilate the whole state 🤣

Gonna remember this one for decades!

Thankfully we've finally embraced remote work as a population. I realize not everyone can do remote but for those that can silver lining from COVID I suppose.

I was up there back in 77 - 78 that winter was rough... This one looks like that.

I would like to see video of 77 inches of snow. This report talks about 6 feet of snow but none of the video show anything close to 6 feet. I call BS to the people who are measuring this. Please, lets see the video. And not just someone standing in a drift. If there is truely 6 feet of snow the snow would be covering peoples doors to thier houses as doors are just 6 ft 8 inches high. If they were truely plowing 6 feet of snow I would expect to see snow piles up to 20 feet.

No one can stop Mother Nature that’s one thing that snow is super high omg

This is so hard to comprehend! I'm in FL where weather is in the 80s. We barely get cold for two weeks. Prayers for everyone having to deal with that.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

TY Sir loved your reporting. May all the people stay safe and be blessed.

Is the new ice age that was promised to us in the 80’s finally upon us? 😂

Man they trying to kill Thanksgiving 😭

Welcome to winter. People don’t know how to prepare for snow storms. Sad.

Would be interesting to see a report on how the owners of electric cars and trucks are doing with this winter storm and long lines of stranded vehicles.

This is why I moved away from CNY 20 years ago, don't miss it. Stay safe Buffalo.

hope every1 stays safe in Buffalo NY. but I'd really loved to watch a football game in this snow!

Snow off the roofs!! #1, then clean sidewalks etc...love from Canada 🇨🇦

Prayers with Buffalo residents🙏🙏

I’ve been in four 2’ snow storms. I can’t image 6 feet. 🙏🏻

I love how our government acts like they don’t see this amount of snow coming on their radar’s they know this is coming at least 24 hours before it arrives then they act like they were surprised! 😮

This is Called Lake effect snow. It happens on some level every winter. Back in the late 70s Leonard Nimoy used Film of it to claim a new Ice Age was upon Us.

Give Adam a raise 🥶

I am from NY. Historic is used very loosely.

If your from buffalo you will know that this isn’t that bad. We are from buffalo and can handle it. Stop making more of it than it is.. I will fly in Sunday from Florida no problem.

Remember the "I survived the blizzard of 77 T-shirts"?😁

Greetings from Hamburg, Germany. We had like 3 little snowflakes today.

As somebody who lived in upstate New York around Albany …..western New York is infamous for the large amounts of snowfall it gets during there storms……… I’ve lived in Miami Florida for the last three years so I have not had to deal with snow and Miami was fortunate to miss a lot of hurricanes this year……….. But in New York the one thing I wouldn’t do was drive through snowstorms selfish corporations get people killed and stuck in dangerous conditions by not shutting down their stores and expecting their employees to stay through the whole shift while a giant snowstorm is underway…….. Sometimes it’s a false alarm and you’ll only get 2 to 4 inches instead of around foot or over……. But when you get over 7 inches accumulated and less than a couple hours I think it safe to shut down the local area and wait it out the best part about snow storms is sitting inside warm and cozy and safe……… A lot of these people were probably stuck at work watching the snow from inside wondering if they’re able to make it home…….. And then there is just an unintelligent people who just have to take a trip to the liquor store or go over to a friends house and end up getting stuck because they go out hours into the storm thinking that it’s not too bad to travel just yet and then they get stuck……… Glad I don’t have to deal with snow storms anymore and I live far enough in land from the ocean to not deal with insane flooding from tropical storms or hurricanes

I remember winters like this. That's why I moved.

There’s a picture of me and my little brother playing in the snow in 2014. The snow was higher than our street signs. We had 3 weeks off of school and it was the best

For NY that doesn't happen often but here in Manitoba Canada it can be every month or so we get one. Good thing about here is it's the prairies so the wind takes it all away almost just in time for the next one to come through. lol Still buckle down and stay warm people. :)

This happened here in Spokane, WA in 2008

They scoffed and said, "we are used to the snow".

There were plenty of warnings going out that this storm was coming-I heard about it in the midwest a day or two before it happened. So people had time to get groceries and prepare themselves. And there were plenty of warnings to stay off the roads.

And I’m sure Hokey did a lot to help🤪

This seems to happen to New York every couple or few years and you guys still are not ready for this.

Everyone whom is involved in this storm we are all watching this in the UK Fingers Crossed Stay safe look for stranded Good Luck xXx

After the Blizzard of 1977, I left and moved to Florida.

Howie is an awesome dude! Hope braymillers gets repaired it’s a staple of Hamburg!

Dios los bendiga y proteja cuídense mucho

Boy, they're getting it early up there! When I went to Albany a few years back, there was still snow on the ground though it had melted here. It was also like another world; so tranquil and peaceful.😊

Awesome. The kids are going to have a blast!

Prayers to the Indoor Reefer Growers Union🙏🏼

🙏for Buffalo and surrounding areas.

Be safe New York. Hang in there the best you can! Xoxo from Wisconsin.

I'm from Montreal and in March 1971 we had what we called "The storm of the century". We received 141 inches of snow (11' 7 feet) in 2 days with blizzard winds. There were no more roads, no trains, no planes, no buses or taxis only snowmobiles. Everything shut down. At the time, it was a world record. Hang in there neighbors 🇺🇲

*what will you do when you run out of diesel…?* 😱

It’s crazy, I live just on the other side of Lake Erie in Ontario Canada, we have like 2 inches.

Alot of people in WNY livid at the NFL. While people stuck in homes and can't drive the police escorted the Bills to the airport to fly to Detroit. Talk about priorities

yea.. this caught me way off guard. this starts happening at least once a year.

6 feet of snow - wow

And to think, winter hasn't technically started...until December 21st.

I'd love to be stuck at home in a blizzard, I have food and water, secondary heat sorce, secondary light, electricity, and cooking sorce for at least 6 months, and I'm crazy for prepping, this is exactly why we prep. Good luck everyone.

It snows there, I hope everyone is well and was prepared for this.

Never seen snow except on the TV or internet. After seeing this i am glad.

I live in Saskatchewan its like a regular winter for us but every year.

Everyday that goes by is historic

Florida man here.. this storm is so interesting to me! Prayers for everyone’s safety! Looks brutal.

Folks, don’t forget to feed the birds, mix dry oatmeal with a spoon of cooking oil. Thank you!

I remember these types of storms in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as well. Good luck to all!

People are acting like this is the first time this has ever happened, does anyone remember the blizzard of 77 I do I was there

Is there a chance that this will happen in oregon? Would like to experience it haha

Damn, 6ft. Had a storm like that up here in canada last year and it took days for the roads to be cleared

This is like the snow where I grew up up north. This was the norm for us for a while. But not no more. I'm soo glad I moved in the east of Canada. Much less snow here.

Buffalo is Always known for Snow,But some of these Storms are Man Made Thanks to the HARRP SYSTEM 😏

We need the water

i live in nyc and didnt even realize that it was snowing upstate. it was pretty sunny over here.

In the 80’s we had thunder snow- it was awesome- but shut the city of St. Louis down - we ere working at a restaurant the place was wall to wall people till closing at 1:30 am, took us a hour plus to get home which usually takes less than 10 minutes- but it was a blast

We need some of that snow in the NYC area.

Prayers goes out to all... Keep safe everyone

We used to have 3 ft as kids in Williamsport Pa. This unbelievable

That wall of snow was scary! It looked like something out of a movie!!