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| Keywords: Snow From Great Lakes Covers Buffalo , Image of the Day DVIDS712083.jpg en On November 20 2000 Buffalo New York was blanketed by a late-autumn storm that left 25 inches of snow on the ground in a 24-hour period most of it during the afternoon rush hour Buffalo officials declared a state of emergency and New York National Guardsmen were called in to assist with clearing snow from roads With the exception of essential vehicles or people retrieving stranded children all driving was banned in the city This SeaWiFS pass over the central United States and Canada depicts a source for all of the snow in Buffalo Cold dry Canadian air blowing toward the southeast picked up a lot of moisture from the relatively warm Great Lakes -- forming the clouds that lightened their loads over Buffalo This image was acquired November 21 2000 by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor SeaWiFS flying aboard the Orbview-2 satellite NASA Identifier seawifs_buffalo_snow 2011-06-25 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/712083 712083 2012-10-10 17 09 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov New York National Guard Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
