Buffalo, N.Y. (Audacy/WBEN) - As a rare band of lake effect “thundersnow” continues to encircle the Buffalo region, people across the nation have been struck by images and videos from the storm.
By Friday morning, a “wall” of snow had already accumulated in parts of Buffalo and the storm is reaching historic proportions.
“According to NOAA’s historical database, Buffalo's all-time one-day snowfall record was 33.9 inches on Dec. 10, 1995,” said the Weather Channel. So far, more than 36 inches have been recorded in Orchard Park, where the Buffalo Bills were scheduled to play this weekend.
WBEN’s Tim Wenger snapped a pic of the growing snow piles there early Friday morning.
Audacy’s WWJ Newsradio also reported that the Bills would be headed to Detroit’s Ford Field.
Meteorologist Colin McCarthy said Wednesday that 70 inches of snow could potentially fall due to the storm.
After he tweeted about it, the NFL noted that the shape of the storm seemed oddly familiar – almost like the Buffalo Bills logo.
Even before the snow started accumulating, the National Weather Service already expected it to reach historic levels.
Thursday night, the sky was both thick with snow and light up by bursts of thunder and lighting.
Jim Cantore of the Weather Channel was already waist deep in fresh fallen snow Friday morning.
Pets had an even tougher time…
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