Our brave staffer Mary Ellen Barbeau took this video this morning of the incredible wind and waves coming in over Lake Ontario. Rumor has it a buoy on the lake clocked the winds at 71 mph (although we have not confirmed that.) | Oswego County Tourism

❄️🚨 THIS IS LAKE-EFFECT ON MAXIMUM. 🚨❄️ 📍 Northern Oswego County, NY 📅 January 24, 2026 This is what happens when Lake Ontario stays wide open and the atmosphere refuses to give the snowbelt a break. Snowbanks are now taller than the people measuring them. Roads have turned into snow canyons. Plows clear… then come back… then clear again. The bands don’t stop — they reload. This isn’t a single storm. This is relentless lake-effect doing what it does best: • Non-stop snow bands • Extreme, hyp

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