More images and video from the massive "Snow-pocalypse" snowstorm that hit Buffalo


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NY State Thruway in Buffalo this morning



People who live in the northern states are used to being hit with snowstorms in winter. However, it's not often that a town gets more snow in one day than some cities receive in an entire year.

NY State Thruway in Buffalo this morning! #BuffaloSnow http://ift.tt/1uaGKv9


- FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) November 19, 2014



The relentless snowstorm currently battering the region could eventually total more than seven feet of the fluffy white stuff.

CNN's Jennifer Gray posted this report last night:



Here's what it's like in the middle of the #BuffaloSnow storm: http://t.co/89A11glAL3 via@JenniferGrayCNN #gothere https://t.co/YkJB4cP9Xt


- CNN (@CNN) November 19, 2014



The bands of snow were so well formed that they appeared to be a wall.

Buffalo, NY was hit by snow so intense it looked like a wall, leaving up to 60 inches (1.5 meters). #BuffaloSnow http://ift.tt/1uaGNqy


- JRehling (@JRehling) November 19, 2014




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The snow wall was easily spotted from planes and helicopters:



Check out what the Buffalo Pro/Angle customers are dealing with...in the crosshairs of a wall of snow. #BuffaloSnow http://ift.tt/1uR8Yju


- Pro/Angle (@ProAngleOhio) November 19, 2014



A sixteen second time-lapse video shows the wall of snow coming into Buffalo off the lake.

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A Canadian radio station tweeted this photo showing a group of Buffalo area firefighters carrying a patient more than a mile in the drifting snow.


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http://ift.tt/1AixNrT @TheBuffaloNews @newsradio930 @wkbw Buffalo firefighters carrying a patient 10 blocks to mercy hospital


- d mann (@DenmannSr) November 19, 2014



There were also reports of "opportunists" taking advantage of trucks that were stuck in the snow:


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!!! MT @JeremyGlobalTV: I just saw several men stealing chips from inside this abandoned Doritos truck. #BuffaloSnow http://ift.tt/1yT5r3q


- Michael Rusch (@weeddude) November 19, 2014



Trapped by the snow, some folks showed their innovative side. Witness the "snow fridge":


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When life gives you lemons (or lake-effect snow)! #BuffaloSnow http://ift.tt/11tlBFA


- Zack Green (@zackgreenwx) November 19, 2014



Not every snow picture exposed the beautiful or clever side of the blizzard. This home's front door could not withstand the pressure of the blowing snow:


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This just happened a couple of streets away from me. #BuffaloSnow #snowvember http://ift.tt/1uR90YJ


- Drew (@nyhobbyclub) November 19, 2014



TheBlaze's Oliver Darcy retweeted this image showing a house that "appears to enjoy the snow."



This house appears to enjoy the snow... RT @confusedcaboose: #WGRZsnow http://ift.tt/1uR8YzW


- Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) November 19, 2014



YouTube user "RealQuickChris" from Buffalo ventured out on Tuesday to show the three feet of snow that had piled up on his property.

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And finally, one YouTube user says he captured some really cool drone footage out of Seneca, NY:

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