Hi Lou,

Yes, 14225 is in fact Cheektowaga--well most of it.  When you get south of 
Union and French roads, it becomes 14227--for that little slice of extreme 
southern Cheektowaga.  Where did you live in the Buffalo area?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: Weather Alerting


Hi Ron.

I'm trying to remember how things were laid out in Buffalo as I've been out
of there for over twenty years.  Is 14225 Cheektawaga?  I didn't know you
were that close by.

73, de Lou K2LKK

P.S.  Perhaps we could find a common 2 meter repeater--I can make 145.45
and 146.64 from here.  Oh yes, 145.49 also.

At 04:33 PM 1/17/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Jeff and List,
>
>I live in Erie County New York the sea of which is Buffalo.  Now we can get
>weather conditions that vary so widely within a few miles.  For example, we
>have something called Lake Effect Snow Bursts or Lake Effect Snow Squalls.
>These squalls occur when cold winds blow across the open and warmer waters
>of the lake.  Depending upon the exact direction of the wind, these squalls
>can materialize right over the city, they can materialize a few miles south
>of the city or a few miles north of the city.  Or they can move 20, 30 or 
>40
>miles north or south of the city and oscillate back and forth.  They can
>vary in intensity from light flurries to heavy pile-ups--more than 2 inches
>an hour.  This is why in many cases, it would make sense to use cities
>and/or towns as a warning location rather than just counties.
>
>For computers, I personally like the Weather Pulse program because it 
>allows
>you to pick weather notification areas by zipcode.  This does work quite
>well because zipcode areas in my location are quite small in land area.  So
>for example, my zipcode is 14225.  During one of these lake effect events, 
>I
>might see that my conditions are relatively placid, but if I change the
>zipcode field to say 14140, I will see that a heavy squall is occurring.
>
>73's and take care for now.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:51 PM
>Subject: Re: Weather Alerting
>
>
>Hi Steve, that's true, but you'd have to issue a lot of warnings for many
>separate cities when things are really hectic already.  Counties with a
>lot of people like Wayne County, where I am are really spread out.  In the
>past when they've given warnings they mention the city the storm started
>in and mention where it is going.  I guess they could give multiple
>warnings at once, but they have usually been one right after another.
>
>
>
>
>
>On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Steve wrote:
>
> > I think the city warnings make more sense.  Some states have huge
> > counties, such
> > as Arizona.  And, I think more people know where major cities are than
> > other
> > counties.  I'm sure more people would know my location as Lansing than
> > they
> > would if I said Ingham County.
> >
> > Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often.
> >
> > Steve, K8SP
> >
>
>
>
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