The Lake Erie Ice Boom prevents or reduces the amount of ice floating down the Niagara River to reduce ice blockages, flooding, damage to shoreline property and ice damage to the power plant intakes near Niagara Falls.
I think its safe to say, we have all had those days where nothing seems to be going right, and the thought of just going back to bed crosses our mind. This may have been the case for one Buffalo man after a serious misfortune on Lake Erie...
The lake machine is going to get a practice run for the next 24 hours around western New York. The bands that we typically see bring us snow, will bring rain.