2 Friday, October 13, 2006

In time, folks dared to step out into melting snow conditions after some two feet of snow fell.

2.1 From the House

I would first go outside to look around, starting from the driveway. Figure 7 shows how the landlord attempted to clear snow from his driveway, leaving the car partly surrounded with snow.


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Figure 7: Car In Landlord’s Driveway


Figures 8, 9 and 10 show how the driveway was cleared, giving a rough indication of how much snow fell.


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Figure 8: The Landlord’s Driveway



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Figure 9: The Landlord’s Driveway To the Street



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Figure 10: The Landlord’s Driveway At the Street, Close Up


Figure 11 shows about all of the driveway with the landlord’s car and the houses between the driveway.


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Figure 11: The Landlord’s Driveway From the Sidewalk


2.2 The Neighbors

Once out to the sidewalk, I could see the trees and other blockage in figure 12.


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Figure 12: View From the Sidewalk Facing West


More tree limbs in a neighbor’s yard are seen in figures 13 and 14.


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Figure 13: The Neighbor’s Yard



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Figure 14: The Neighbor’s Yard


2.3 Taunton Place, the Street

I looked out onto the street to see what is there.

2.3.1 Tire Tracks

Figures 15 and 16 show what the view from the sidewalk into the street showing the few tire tracks of those who ventured out despite the travel ban.


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Figure 15: Tire Tracks In the Street



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Figure 16: More Tire Tracks In the Street


Figure 17 shows a different view of the tire tracks.


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Figure 17: Still More Tire Tracks In the Street


I ventured out onto Taunton Place to get the pictures in figures 18 and 19. Figure 19 also shows folks with snow shovels doing what folks in Buffalo do best when the snow falls, by going to the neighbors to offer assistance in clearing the snow from driveways and sidewalks.


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Figure 18: Standing In the Street



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Figure 19: People In the Street


2.3.2 Vehicles Moving

Figure 20 actually shows a few of those vehicles out on the street, while the foreground shows a car covered with unmelted snow.


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Figure 20: Vehicles Venturing Forth


Some vehicles which were on the street can actually be driven at times like these, such as the Hummer H–2 seein in figure 21.


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Figure 21: A Hummer H–2 On the Street


2.4 Clouds And the Weather

Friday in general was a day with high winds and alternating periods of sunshine and some rain. The darker clouds from the west coming in can be seen in figure 22.


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Figure 22: Dark Clouds To the West


2.5 Trees Down

The snow, with the leaves on the trees, caused a lot of branches to bend and break, as seen in figure 23. Figures 24 and 25 show the trees blocking Arundel Road and Taunton Place.


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Figure 23: Trees Down On Arundel Road



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Figure 24: Tree Down On Southwest Corner of Taunton Place Near Arundel Road



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Figure 25: Tree Down On Southeast Corner of Taunton Place Near Arundel Road


2.6 Why I Had No Power as of Thursday Night

My electric power went out as of about 8:00 p.m. Thursday night.1 The pictures in this subsection show why there is no power.

Figure 26 shows the utility pole behind the house has tipped over.


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Figure 26: Utility Pole Tipped Over


The tipped utility pole relaxed the tension on the telephone and CATV cables, as seen in figures 27 and 28.


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Figure 27: Loose Telephone and Cable Lines



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Figure 28: More Loose Telephone and Cable Lines


Had the power line shown in figure 29 been energized, there might have been some electrocution problems in case someone touched it. Look to the top center of the picture in figure 29 to see it, as well as to the center of figure 30.


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Figure 29: Detail of Loose Power Line



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Figure 30: Another Detail of Loose Power Line