When I accepted a job offer, it required myself and others to move to the Buffalo area, then i’d never been to NY state before.
I grew up in the deep south and had never even seen actual snow.
I was usual with temperatures in the triple digits and high humidity, but running the cooling system was just about a year round necessity. I was both a little upset about and excited for the change of scenery and weather. I moved to Buffalo in the early fall, and it was just charming, however the weather was cool however pleasant, and the colors of the leaves were entirely gorgeous, but at that time of year, there’s a lot to do in the local area. I loved the Oktoberfest downtown, went peach picking and took a quick trip to Niagara Falls. It didn’t take long for the temperature to drop. There was a tremendous amount of rain and everything turned muddy… Just when I thought the weather couldn’t get any worse, the rain turned to snow. The temperature continued to fall and hit setback digits! Within a few minutes, there was over a foot of snow on the ground. That’s when I l gained about lake effect snow. The lake effect snow is caused by the proximity of the city to Lake Erie. The clouds draw moisture from the unfrozen lake and drop it in the form of snow. While snow is undoubtedly charming, it’s also heavy, wet, cold and a lot of work, but shoveling snow is excruciating and discouraging. I can spend minutes clearing the walking way and brushing off our automobile before I go to bed at evening and then wake up in the afternoon and need to do it again.