Buffalo residents urged to prepare for flooding

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The mayor of Buffalo says the city is making significant progress clearing snow-clogged streets even as a flooding threat looms.

Mayor Byron Brown says Sunday a ban on driving will continue in hard-hit South Buffalo as hundreds of dump trucks, loaders and other snow removing equipment continue to work around the clock.

Temperatures in the Buffalo area rose into the 40s Sunday, raising fears of flooding in a region that is still digging out of more than 7 feet of snow. A flood warning from the National Weather Service is in effect until Monday afternoon.

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20141123/us-wintry-weather-2ef0b288c9.html

[hadrons]

1. Buffalo residents getting a dry - excuse the pun - run for....

global warming so to speak (I'm NOT saying this in some sort of humorous or sarcastic way.)

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Until the lakes finally freeze over (at least a good chunk of the way)

this will continue on and off through the rest of the winter... but hopefully not to this degree through to when the lake-effect machine finally shuts off (meaning some sustained cold would need to occur).

[bluedigger]

3. They are lucky that the ground hadn't frozen yet.

At least some of the snowmelt will go into the ground, but they are going to have some bad flooding, no doubt.

[HockeyMom]

4. Melt in Day

and Freeze at Night. That also is very, very bad.

[bluedigger]

5. It will be a long miserable winter in Buffalo.

They will be dealing with aftereffects on their infrastructure all winter - roadways, watermains and sewers, etc... It will be a good winter for auto body repairers and plumbers, though, so they got that going for them.

[Earth_First]

6. Tomorrow we're expecting rain and temperatures in the mid-fifties approaching sixty...

Does not bode well for those in thr Southtowns.

Good luck Buffalo!

-Your neighbor in Rochester