Buffalo and Niagara Fall 2001
It's been a quiet year for the most part. And we've not taken many pictures on the digital camera. In fact, most (but not all) of these pictures were taken about 3 or 4 days after the big snowstorm of 2001 finally ended at our house. As I'm sure you know, there was a band of lake snow that kept sweeping over the Buffalo Metro area from Monday, Dec. 24 through Friday, Dec. 28 before it finally moved farther south into ski country. Here at the house, my best guessitmate is that we had around 5 feet fall. The airport got 7 feet. The snow fell over a long enough time with enough breaks (when it was falling elsewhere) for us to more-or-less keep ahead of the shoveling and snow-blowing. (It's very difficult to blow our drive when the snow is much deeper than 12 inches.) Those breaks also gave the snow ample time to compact on itself. Nonetheless, on the evening of Dec. 29 I still had to slog through 30+ inches of snow in the yard to check on the heater intake and vent which is in the side of our house that is not next to the driveway.
Snow Pictures
To really appreciate just how much snow we had, first look at our house in more normal times. Now here's a shot of the snow with roughly the same vantage point. The following table has all our snow shots.
| The pile in the back yard from clearing the driveway |
| The front of the house. Compare to the front in the spring. |
| A closer view of the front bushes |
| The view from the front porch after we shoveled it |
| Amy by the fence on the left side of the drive. The pile of snow behind her came off our driveway even though it's in the neighbor's back yard. Here's David next to the same pile. |
| Amy at corner of neighbor's house. Again, the pile of snow is from our driveway. |
| Amy on the front walk. Compare this to the view in spring. |
| Amy at the foot of the driveway |
| David standing on the right side of driveway in back. The view is over our backyard and the fence is the far side of our neighbor's back yard. |
| David by the big pile on the left side of the drive in front of the house. |
| David by the big pile on the right side of the drive in the front of the house. |
| Fire hydrant in front of our house |
Other Buffalo Pictures
In spring we had lots of flowers blooming at the house.
| The house in spring version 1 |
| The house in spring version 2 |
| The house in spring version 3 |
In July we went up to Niagara Falls for the annual airshow and saw the Thunderbirds perform.
| Thunderbirds on the ground |
| A Thunderbird in flight |
In November Amy participated in All State Jazz Band.
| Amy in Jazz outfit version 1 |
| Amy in Jazz outfit version 2 |
On New Year's Eve, the Olympic Tourch went through our neigborhood. The blobs in the middle of the pictures is the torch.
| The torch goes by version 1 |
| The torch goes by version 2. If you look closely you can see the torch bearer's face in this one. |
| The torch goes by version 3. |
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