Snow No Yo Ma

We were supposed to go to the Buffalo Philharmonic tonight to see Yo Yo Ma perform on his cello but the lake effect snow storm intervened and the show was rescheduled for early May. Before the show we were going with our friends, who were taking us to the concert, to dinner at Trattoria Aroma. The show was changed the day before he was coming into town and there was plenty of warning of the coming lake effect snow event. We were looking forward to this night but instead we sat at home and looked out the window at the snow. 

The weather stations kept warning us yesterday that the snow was coming and it was going to be measured in feet. The photo here is from early in the evening last night. The national news was already talking about the coming storm as a major weather event. At the time I took this photo the media was saying that it was going to snow all night and then all day tomorrow at about 1 to 2 inches per hour and they kept saying it was happening in Buffalo. Well, as usual they got it wrong.

It certainly started that way and initially we were seeing significant snow falling about at least an inch an hour but snow bands didn't stay over the city very long and gradually moved back down south of the city. We had about 4 inches last night which started in the early evening and stopped before midnight. Then there was no more snow all night and none so far today either.

Some folks did get a lot of snow. Just a little south and east of us people got about 3 feet last night and today with a lot more coming tonight and tomorrow. People in Hamburg got 5 feet of snow. There have been some amazing and shocking photos posted on FB from all over WNY.

We'll have to see how it goes over the next couple of days. It all depends on the wind blowing over the lake and in what direction. If it shifts north than we get it.