Joe's Blog

12/19/2008 5:41PM

A blitz of snow hit the regions roads and driveways. Luckily we saw it coming and shut down all of the school districts beforehand. The anticipated snowstorm slowed businesses, hampered traffic and forced the cancellation of community and school activities.

Local police radios this morning crackled with reports of slipping, sliding and minor accidents, as motorists experienced the first effects of the storm.

Blizzard 08

I have to thank our reporter in the field, lincoln, for battling the wheather and getting us the shot.  

 Traffic was light, but the snow was coming down so hard in some areas that the plows couldn't keep up. And visibility was pretty poor in most areas, motorists reported.

Difficulties already had begun at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago and other places, as the snowstorm moved toward Buffalo.

The storm left thick ice in central Illinois, where up to 14 inches of snow was expected and 38,000 customers were without power. Ice and freezing rain had knocked out power to about 64,000 homes and businesses in northern Indiana, where some roads resembled ice rinks.

Buffalo's Central Library and city branches were open and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's Holiday Pops concert was still on.

I.   Hail in June!?! There had been a storm warning running across the bottom of the TV earlyer, "Yes i love thunderstorms." ejaculated my comrade.  However i had a mixed reaction when i witnessed golf ball size bits of ice falling from the sky and quickly filling up the passanger seat of my car. Excitment, joy, suprise, but mostly FEAR."should i call my mother? my dad is driving a public bus right now, the window at my grandmothers house sometimes blows open with the wind."

A storm is blowing in and mother nature is unleashing her wrath upon all of mankind. It begain with the tsunami a few years back and all of the sudden we were all ameture weathermen. Hurricanes, Earthquackes, tornado's in the midwest, wildfires eating up homes and ecosystems, a cyclone in myanmar, The missisipi overflows and its pure madness!

Like a lot of people i immediatly think about the movie Day After Tommaro when i hear about extreme weather. Unfortunatly my sister lives in New York City so when it goes underwater ill have to head into the lions den. I told her if a cloverfield goes down, "head for Albany and ill meet you there."