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In reply to the discussion: This will get lost in the GD thread. I just have a hard time and need to rant over this Ian bullshit [View all]wnylib
(21,425 posts)inland from Lake Erie. We still get Lake effect snow, but not as bad as Buffalo gets.
I grew up on Lake Erie, in Erie, PA. The weather was milder there than where I am now because Erie is not on the far end of the Lake like Buffalo is. Buffalo gets the accumulated moisture that passes over the whole lake.
I lived in a western Cleveland suburb for 5 years. There was an interesting weather pattern there. Due to a ridge that extends from just south of the eastern Cleveland suburbs to south of Erie, the southeastern suburbs of Cleveland (and the northeastern suburbs to a lesser degree) get the worst storms in winter and summer.
We used to drive to Erie and back for the winter holidays. On our return home, between Erie and Cleveland, we always ran into heavy snow. By the time we got to our western Cleveland suburb, the ground was bare and there was not a flake in the sky.
In summer, I watched storm clouds from the west lift up and pass over us to dump on the eastern areas, leaving us sunny and dry.
But the WORST storm I have ever experienced in my life was the blizzard of 1978 while living in that Cleveland suburb. It came from the south and west, so it hit us first in the county. Steady winds of 60 to 70 mph with gusts to 110 mph. It came after a couple days of warmer weather and rain so there was solid ice under the blowing, powdery snow.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1978