Hi.
I lived there after I graduated from college in 1982, and moved out in the
summer of 1983.
I actually lived in the city in the Delaware and Delevan section, but had
lots of friends in Cheektawaga, including a couple of hams. Unfortunately,
my one friend, Ernie Emmons, W2UFW passed away a number of years ago, and
I've lost track of the Wierzbinski family (Yeah, I probably murdered the
spelling on that one!).
I have a cousin who lives there now.
It's nice to find people on the list that are actually close enough to
conceivably talk to on the air.
I might have tried to go to the LARA fest in Lockport next week, but
unfortunately, I have jury duty that week, and don't know how that will
impact the week.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 12:11 AM 1/18/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>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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>
>Louis Kim Kline
>A.R.S. K2LKK
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