White Buffalo, New York
October Friday the 13th


This is an extremely rare event for this early in the season," Niziol said. It also is the most snow so early in the season and was the earliest lake-effect snow warning.

Crews worked into the night to restore power, but many customers were expected to remain in the dark through the weekend and into next week, National Grid energy company spokesman Steve Brady said.

"This is extremely heavy snow and most of the trees still have most of their leaves, he said. "We can't do a complete damage assessment until the snow stops falling."