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I don’t know how they’re going to get to a hotel near the stadium. New public safety alert just hit. They may fly to/stay in the Falls tonight.

The league is wrong. They don’t live here, so they don’t get it. This is a frozen hurricane. The NFL wouldn’t play in a hurricane, so it shouldn’t play in this.

It’s different now for sure. The bad storms hit Hamburg/OP/west Seneca/SB/lancaster. We would never have issues like this one if it was colder like it was, say, 20 years ago. Lake snow used to be done by early January.

I suspect Tuesday is in play for travel (Steelers) and field hardness reasons.

That’s how it looks in OP near the stadium at the moment.

No time. And, if memory serves, they usually push it into big piles.

Get as close as you can tonight and then polish it off tomorrow. Try to get to, say, Erie, PA or Fredonia, NY tonight if you can. Then leave very early for the game tomorrow because traffic and parking are going to be a mess. Parking in particular is going to be a problem. Mains will be clear. Parking will be extremely difficult because satellite lots will have difficulty opening. And stadium lots will have less capacity because there will be big piles of plowed snow. Bake in a lot of extra time for parking and walking to the stadium. And get yourself some hot hands foot and hand warmers and the cold won't bother you a bit.

One of the things that I love the most about storms like this one.

Exactly. And San Francisco and LA in the event of a 1989 earthquake. Not to mention Tampa for the same tropical storm reasons. Arguably Houston, too.

There's not that much snow. If people respect the travel bans, then it should be easy to get the roads cleared in short order. The issue isn't the snow (like it has been in recent storms), its the combination of a fair amount a snow and an absurd amount of wind. So the issue really is visibility. As far as I can tell with the stadium, the seating area is not going to shoveled well, and that just is what it is. A bigger issue is going to be ingress and egress around the stadium, and simply getting enough people there to work the game (ushers, security, grounds) so that it can be hosted. That can probably be overcome, too. The biggest issue, aside from getting the Steelers here, is unfreezing the field. It's covered, and it should be OK if it was covered dry. But if it was covered damp or wet, it could be a frozen mess and they might need some sun and heat to get it playable. It's coming down. There's probably a little more than foot as of two hours ago, and another couple of inches since then. It was absolutely, completely, totally the right call to postpone this game.

Speaking of white outs, its the worst it's been in OP since this started. I can't see more than about 50 feet. It was decent maybe an hour ago, and then the switch flipped. Anyone who questions why the game was cancelled should try to get a live look at this. There would have been thousands of stranded motorists, probably some deaths. And, though it pales in importance, from a football perspective the game would have been a joke.

It's the wind I'm worried about, not the snow. Not sure how the wind is in the Falls. But I agree with you; if they have to, they'll fly to the Falls and then bus in. Frankly they probably could fly to Rochester and then bus around the snow if they have to.

It will be better by tomorrow. The big issue is going to be getting the steelers into town for Tuesday. The should have been here on Saturday, but they held off a day. Maybe they can bus in up the 219 (or the 90, depending on where the lake snow is falling) - I'm not sure. But flying in today might be a problem at the airport. I'm not sure whether the airport is or will soon be open.

I can’t see across the street. I’m a few miles east of the stadium. It was the right call to postpone.

Not a ton of snow (maybe a foot), but I can’t see across the street a few miles east of the stadium. It was absolutely the right call to postpone.

Normally I would but the wind is absurd. I was out and about I earlier and I’m going to get to work on it tomorrow.

I’m not going to bother until tomorrow. Too windy. And more overnight.

Oh yeah. That about sums it up. It was like a switch flipped. The last sentence is the point. The game didn’t get postponed for football reasons. It was postponed for public safety reasons. It’s a friggin frozen hurricane in OP right now. We don’t play NFL football in hurricanes. This storm should be seen no differently.

I doubt anyone is waking there in this weather. It’s really windy where I am. The stadium, however, is probably the windiest spot in the area. (Lake shore not included.). I can’t see anyone trudging out there in this mess.

That's how lake effect works, as I'm sure you know. It's always a bad one when there's thundersnow.

Good for her. She made the right call. Yeah. Similar snow and NE wind game wind. It's NUTS in OP right now.

It's nuts. Thundersnow here in OP. You're not in OP. It is coming down.

Roads probably. Stadium no. Private lots are going to be tough. Depends on whether the mains get cleared.

Doubtful. Probably Sunday night if we win.

Looks like 430 Monday. Too late to play on Cleveland