SouthBuffaloSteve

People loved him because of how vocal he was against Trumps response to the outbreak in his state. Just my opinion but his comments yesterday are going to cause more people to ignore protocols and cause additional spread over the holiday. Talking down like he did to a stressed out population isn’t going to suddenly make them follow you, it’s going to cause them to do everything you tell them not to do.

Is this a joke? The man said just yesterday that we’re not living in enough fear to stay alive.

Actually saw a drop off in positives today!

I don’t hear much talk anymore about the anti body testing rates. The county hasn’t posted an updated chart in the past month, but this is interesting... It’s hard to draw a full conclusion on these rates depending on just how random this testing is. Does it include people who at one point had a positive COVID test and then got tested for antibodies after? Or is it more people who think they had it, or had possible exposure, but never got a COVID test? Going out on a limb to say that the first few weeks of these tests may have been the most random sample. Those first weeks would average out to a roughly 7.5% positive rate for antibodies. Compare that to our current daily positivity rate for COVID testing which is between 7 and 8% and I would say it’s fair to believe current case rates could be similar to case rates we couldn’t measure back in the Feb-April time frame. Thoughts on this?

But how out of control was the first wave? If you go by the “positivity rate” that Cuomo uses as one of his main metrics then we still have not eclipsed the severity of the first wave. The weekly rate in April was running 20-30% which is mind boggling now as a 4% rolling average technically triggers a red zone. We have no idea how many people actually had COVID back in the Feb-May time frame due to the lack of testing. It very well could be similar to where we are now. For the entire month of April less than 15,000 total tests were done. Last week alone total testing was over 42,000. It’s a valid point that If you increase your testing 10 fold your going to see a similar increase in the number of total tests coming back positive. I’m not doubting we are surging into the expected second wave now, but we just don’t have the data to compare it against the first wave. These are Erie County numbers I am referencing, so maybe we are just an anomaly here. I mean Cuomo did say we weren’t impacted by COVID here during the first wave so...

I saw this for Rochester schools doing the 20% weekly testing to opt staying open. Out of 3500 tests at random only 5 positives.

For you literally one town over. Village of Hamburg they are closed... Go 5 minutes down the road to village of Boston and open.

BOOM!

Let the shit flinging at the Rath Building begin! That little munchkin is one of my favorite local politicians. He should throw his hat in for the governor race!

Cuomo’s little pet... Hope more local media picks up on this story. Kudos to Artvoice for reporting real news! PLEASE SHARE: The nephew of Poloncarz tested positive for COVID after attending a Halloween party for the Parks Department. They very department he was hired for in the middle of a hiring freeze. The best part? Employees were advised they could get tested "if they want" and were sent back to work. WAKE UP NEW YORK. We need to take action and open up - petition coming soon. https://artvoice.com/2020/11/16/erie-county-exec-and-health-department-put-residents-in-danger-of-deadly-disease/?fbclid=IwAR0BRz5lcxhN9T18QdG0a7HElW91m4qnkLmCLx9SPLkLTepqszgVxqkXdfg

Oh just wait. The fact that Cuomo has been mum the past two days about Erie County’s numbers spiraling out of control makes me nervous on just how hard he’s gonna drop the hammer tomorrow.

We have ACCUMULATION!

Snovember... ahh memories...

Beautiful dual SW flow bands setting up!

Another video I snagged hunkered down behind the stone archway leading to the inner break wall at the State Park.

Nice! Heard it was nuts down there, sure looks like it. I tried making it onto the Hurricane Deck earlier down by the coast guard station but that was not happening. If you know the area and look closely you will notice one thing missing... The Outer Harbor Break Wall is under water. Looked like smoke rising with the waves crashing 20+ feet over it.

And this is why they close the parks during these events. I love getting into the thick of things but good grief! Why would anyone venture out onto the break wall on a day like today? BFD had to tether up and walk out to rescue these two knuckleheads!

Yeah heard them really ramp up a few minutes ago when those cells raced through... Extreme flooding along the lakeshore continues... I’ve NEVER seen Furhman Blvd under water before...

Lake Effect Time!

This is getting nuts!

Hamburg and Woodlawn sending multiple units to the Hoover Beach area to conduct mandatory evacuations. Storm surge is overtaking numerous homes. Very dangerous situation unfolding down there.

Buffalo River is backing up into South Buffalo. Areas of the First Ward are being evacuated due to rapidly rising water into several neighborhoods!

Route 5 in Lackawanna... Billboard blown down and destroyed a gas station canopy.

Getting some video down at the outer harbor. Insane! Wish I wasn’t running out of daylight.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Buffalo NY 239 PM EST Sun Nov 15 2020 The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Cattaraugus County in western New York... Erie County in western New York... Niagara County in western New York... Chautauqua County in western New York... * Until 330 PM EST.. * At 237 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 31 miles west of Niagara Falls to 10 miles west of Ripley, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.