The Buffalo Bills’ playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers will kick off at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time on Monday. But first, the Bills put out a call for snow shovelers after Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., was buried by three feet of lake-effect snow over the weekend, causing the NFL to push the game back one day, from Sunday to Monday.
Anyone who answered the call got $20 an hour and meals. Helpers were asked to bring their own shovels, though shovels were provided if needed. And though it is taking a herculean effort to clear the stadium of all that snow, a good time has been had by all, it seems.
“It is all hands on deck. … We’re still looking for more snow shovelers out there,” Andy Major, the Bills’ vice president of operations and guest experience, told WGR radio in Buffalo on Monday morning. “We were hopeful that early this morning we’d get some of our best Bills Mafia fan base to come out and help us out. So yeah, it’s not pretty out there. We got three feet of snow. That [lake-effect snow] band hovered over the stadium the entire time. We were hoping it was going to leave us for a little bit, but it never really did. So it’s a tough one out there, for sure.”
The above
from The Washington PostAnd another
pic from NPR:
And now this (good grief!)
from The Guardian:
A Buffalo Bills fan sits amongst snow covered seats before kickoff. Photograph: Jeffrey T Barnes/AP
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I'm about 70 miles west of Buffalo. This latest storm came off Lake Erie. Being on the west side of any of the Great Lakes is murder for snowstorms. I think they got around 3' with wind gust of 60 mph. We're far enough away from Erie and only got about 2 inches. They closed the thruway from Rochester to Buffalo and many local roads, hence the game getting moved to Monday.
Looking forward to tonight's game against the Steelers. On paper, we are the better team, but the Bills know how to make most any game close. Even against inferior teams.
GO BILL!!!
@Derf, your Packers look great yesterday. I was cheering for them.
Go Bills! I want to see the latest iteration of KC-Buffalo next week, in Buffalo!
Meanwhile, in the N. Rockies, temps bottomed out in the mid-30s below, and today's supposedly the last day/night entirely below zero for now. Wild - it'd been one of the warmest, driest winters on record before this arctic blast hit.
It was a pleasant surprise watching Packers kick the Cowboys around the field so easily.
Stay warm, Derf
I remember 50+ years ago watching one work near shore along with my dad from the warmth of our car . They’d swing a big weight out from side to side with a long boom to rock the SOB side-to-side. Pretty fascinating.
Mahomes will not be a pushover.
My son and his wife live if Pittsburgh, she's a native. A lot of trash texting early in the Bills game.
I'm a bit East of Buffalo, about 70 miles, and we haven't had the snow they have gotten this year. West side of Erie is a beast. I don't think we've had even 6-8 inches accumulation so far this winter. Hope I didn't just jinx it. Rochester is on Lake Ontario, and it also can throw up some heavy lake effect.
S***. The first 2 or 3 days were fun. Now it’s a daily grind. About 5-6” every night day after day. With the wind that easily blows into 12-18” drifts. Got a “tracked” model. Nice. But turns kinda hard. Plenty of sore bones now after 5 days.
Thanks for the laughs guys.