New York State braces itself for yet more snow… by Steph Ball
As if 358cms ( 141 inches ) of snow were not enough, parts of New York State are bracing themselves for yet more snowfall this week!
As Sean has been reporting this week, the county of Oswego in upstate New York has been pounded by several days of “Lake Effect” snow, formed from the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario. Although there was a short reprieve from the snow on Monday, New Yorkers are not happy in the least to hear that more is on the way this week.
This morning the National Weather Service posted an urgent warning of heavy snow for western and central New York State. This fresh snow fall is forecast to come from a winter storm which has been edging north across the Eastern Seaboard and is expected to bring renewed heavy snowfalls across the state from this afternoon onwards. Up to a foot or more of fresh snow is forecast.
These fresh falls will weigh heavily on the snow weary residents of up state New York who have spent several days now trying to dig themselves out of their winter wonderland.
The villagers of Redfield were convinced they had set a new record as days of snow began to build up past their second floor windows. Officials on Sunday had claimed that snow depths approaching 366cms ( 12 feet ) may have constituted a new record for a single storm, but on Monday the officials from the Buffalo Weather Service felt they may have spoken out of place.
Officials claimed they did not recognise a state record for the most snowfall in a single storm and so alas it looks like Redfield may not hit the record books. In 2001 he said 323cms ( 127 inches ) had fallen in the small town of Montague during a five day storm, but he said to compare this with the ten day storm in Redfield, would be like comparing apples and oranges.
Parts of up state New York were said to be more akin to the Arctic, with only the tops of street signs and barn and church roofs visible. Mrs. Yerdon who measured the 358cms (141 inches ) of snow said that her home now resembled a giant marshmallow and said that if she wanted to walk down her driveway she would not only need her snowshoes but a bulldozer too!
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