Over 5 feet of snow now confirmed to have fallen in western New York state, near Buffalo, in the past 24 hours!
Snowfall reports over 5 feet have trickled in from the hardest-hit areas of New York state as of early Saturday morning. The highest total so far is a whopping 66 inches of snow from Orchard Park, which is southeast of Buffalo, as of early Friday evening.
Just to the northwest, Blasdell has reported 65 inches of snow so far. To the south of Blasdell, a building collapse and numerous car rescues have occurred in Hamburg, where 61 inches of snow have fallen with the ongoing storm.
Additional significant snowfall is still possible through Sunday, with Winter Storm Watches set to expire as late as Sunday night.
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Here at 9100' in Colorado we woke up to -7F this morningwith negative double-digit forecasted for tone... and it isn't even Thanksgiving yet?!
This was predicted, based upon known repetitive cycles of climate variation.
So, 5 years ago when I had entire new roofs put on a garage and a shop I had the new trusses placed 16 inches off center vs the overly lax 20”. The builders argued and argued with me that this was over build and way beyond code requirements. They were determined to control my projects.
I kindly reminded them that I WAS PAYING FOR THE DAMN ROOFS AND THAT IF I WANTED TO OVERBUILD I WOULD CERTAINLY DO SO. I ALSO REMINDED THEM THAT I CAME FROM A FAMILY OF BUILDERS, MASONS AND CARPENTERS, AND THAT I DAMN WELL KNEW WHAT WAS NEEDED IN THE NORTH FOR PERIODS OF GRAND SOLAR MINIMUM.
I got that deer in the headlights look, so I explained climate cycles and the upcoming Grand Solar minimum.
When I asked if they were offering to replace a snow caved roof, on their nickel, when their 20” off center code roof collapsed…….CRICKETS.
I asked if they has seen collapsed roofs built according to code…..yes, indeed.
When I asked if they had ever seen a roof built like I wanted collapsed……crickets.
When they then argued “unnecessary extra cost” I calculated the cost of the extra trusses, and asked them to name me an insurance company that would insure my roof, for the price of the extra trusses, for the life of the building……crickets again.
I imagine many roofs will collapse during this grand solar minimum……but not mine. Not my house either…..family home built by my builder family, and built correctly.
Steep 9/12 pitches on the roofs also and every connecting point hurricane strapped with many dozens of cross member 2 x4 and 1x6 supports connecting the entire truss structure.
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/20070213snaptuesday.html
The Buffalo storms (lake effect) _generally_ do not make it this far.
They get buried at least once every few years.
Try a hurricane. I've had 2 myself. Makes a snow storm look like kids play.
It's a little premature to declare that 'over', much less 'bullshit'...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/markets/the-diesel-fuel-crunch-may-be-the-next-focal-point-of-europes-energy-crisis-as-competition-stiffens-iea-says/ar-AA148OS5
The diesel-fuel crunch may be the next focal point of Europe's energy crisis as competition stiffens, IEA says
Business Insider on MSN.com|4 days ago
Rising prices for diesel fuel will add to inflation and worsen Europe's energy crisis, the IEA says. Competition will also heat up once the EU bans Russian refined fuel product like diesel in February. Diesel prices are 70% higher compared to a year ago, the IEA added."
https://www.marketplace.org/2022/11/10/fuel-oil-used-to-heat-homes-costs-68-5-more-than-this-time-last-year/
Fuel oil used to heat homes costs 68.5% more than this time last year
Marketplace|9 days ago
This huge spike in the price of fuel oil matters most to people in the Northeast ... and then there were workforce shortages." Refinery capacity is still lagging, he said. And on top of that, there's a lot more demand now from Europe, since it ...
The real danger here is that the govt will continue to intervene in the diesel/heating oil market. They already raided the heating oil reserve for trucking.
The next step would be ...... price controls. Without price controls, demand will naturally fall as prices increase.....people will use less and/or be priced out of being able to buy diesel.
With price controls? Nobody will be getting anything. The price of paper diesel will be set at some 'palletable' number.....maybe $4/gal. But NOBODY is going to be making, transporting, and selling diesel at a loss.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/extraordinarily-low-u-s-diesel-supplies-keep-prices-for-the-fuel-high-at-the-pump-11667495600
Nov 7, 2022
Diesel shortage keeps fuel prices high at the pump
U.S. diesel supplies have dropped to their lowest on record for this time of year
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