> In article read2.cgocable.net>,
> smacdo nospam.com> wrote:
>

>> Shawn Lambe wrote:
>>

>>> ...as of Saterday Morning, from the local Buffalo Papers:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Snow flurries early. Cloudy with a few snow showers possible later
>>> in the day. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds WSW at
>>> 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 30%%.
>>>
>>> The Chart shows a low (usually around 5am) of 27 degrees and a High
>>> (around 2pm) of 37 degrees. If this is true, this isn't bad at all.
>>> Nothing like the frosty -59 degrees Fouts and all played in back in
>>> '82. Actualy Having grown up and played in Upstate NY Running
>>> around and all, that temp (37) feels nice. So actually a good day
>>> to be out playing a game of Football, IMHO.

>>
>> The wind here (and in Buffalo, I am about 45 mins. away) was
>> RIDICULOUS yesterday...gusts of up to 60 mph in some areas. Anything
>> less than that is going to be great. It is cold now (low 30's) and
>> still some wind, but not like yesterday.
>>
>> The thing I am concerned about (as a fan, and an attendee) is the
>> lake effect. For those who have never lived here...the lake makes
>> the weather quite odd. On a half hour commute to work, you can leave
>> under sunshine, drive through two separate bands of snow squalls, and
>> arrive under rain. The old saying is, if you don't like the weather
>> wait 15 minutes, it'll change.
>>
>> There was a game a couple of years ago in Buffalo, vs. the Dolphins.
>> Forecast was for some flurries. They got 8 inches.
>>
>> Should be interesting...

>
> I lived through one miserable winter ('71-72) in Jamestown, about 60
> miles south of Buffalo. We had "light flurries" forecast on December
> 11th. On December 12th we got 13" overnight and I got my first taste
> of just how nasty weather coming off of Lake Erie can be.
>
> The good news is if it gets crazy, LT right, LT left, LT the middle,
> Pinnock spells LT, repeat as necessary with an occasional dump off to
> Gates in the flat.
>
> Best, R.E.F.
>
> P.S the day I decided to quit my job with HUD and move back to So Cal
> was the day I was walking past the Merchants Bank in Jamestown and
> glanced up at the time/temperature sign and it said -25. As I had no
> car and everything was "walking distance" I was outside every day to
> and from my job, I said "enough."
>