Lake Storm "Aphid" Broché

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The October 2006 Buffalo storm was an unusual early-season lake effect snow storm that hit the Buffalo, New York area and other surrounding areas of the United States and Canada, from the afternoon of Thursday October 12 through the morning of Friday October 13, 2006. It was called Lake Storm "Aphid" by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo in accordance with their naming scheme of lake snow effect storms for that year, which related to insects. It is also known as the October Surprise Storm, The Arborgeddon Storm, The Friday the 13th Storm, the Columbus Day Massacre, Octoblizzard and Thundersnow, among other monikers. The storm's effects were highly localized: it dumped up to 2 feet (60 cm) of snow on some areas of the Buffalo metro region, while other areas saw very little snow, or no snow at all. The event was described by the National Weather Service Office in Buffalo, New York, as "astounding", "unbelievable" and "incredible" and by the Toronto Star as "one of the most devastating snow storms in US history."