Well Buffalo, New York has broken a record. In the record books in October Buffalo and the Western New York Region has never receievd more then 6in (15.2cm) of snow. In the this year, of 2006, in not more then 12 hours we recieved 24in(70cm) or more. This has caused down utility lines (power, cable, phone etc…). There are down trees all over the place, which has caused these down utility lines, and .5 million people are without power in Western New York.
There is a driving ban for buffalo, which means noone can go anywhere. I walked to the store today, and the street lights were out, store’s power were out, and people were still driving. There were trees laying in the middle of the streets, there was a derailed train, and now three deaths because of this storm.
For more information Check out CNN (http://cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/10/13/ny.snow.ap/index.html)
I took some pictures, of the down trees near my house, and the tree in the middle of the streets and the down power line in the area, check out http://wolfnix.net/images/albums/tstorm1006/ These are raw photos, I have done no touching up on them, and they are not in my gallery yet, but they are interseting.
Peace, take care as well!