Frankenstorm

New York, New Jersey and other coastal states announced evacuations of citizens living in low-lying coastal areas on Sunday, as Hurricane Sandy and an accompanying storm surge threatened the East Coast of the United States.

It seems pretty much a lock that we are going to get some heavy rains from what is going to be left of Hurricane Sandy. The storm is very large, and most of the forecasts call for Western New York to be impacted by the beginning of the week.

Although it's hard to think about looking outside your window at today's gorgeous sunshine, we're used to bad weather around this time of year in Buffalo. The winter brings snow, ice and generally bad conditions, sometimes as early as October. We also get our fair share of wind and rain from East Coast tropical storms. But both together? It could happen next week.