FROM THE ARCHIVES: A collection of photos sent in December 1,2 & 3, as Lake Effect Storms socked parts of Western New York, and stranded thousands on the Thruway for close to 24 hours.
(Jana Laufer shovels out her car during a winter snow storm in South Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. The storm buried the southern neighborhoods of Buffalo and the city's southern and eastern suburbs under two feet of snow, but largely spared downtown. (AP Photo/David Duprey))