Lake Effect Snow Storm November 1996 Mentor Ohio

This is a very short video clip of the snowfall from a record lake effect snowstorm that hit east of Cleveland, Ohio between November 9-14, 1996. In Mentor, 4+ feet of snow fell over the duration of the storm. In addition, over 150,000+ households in the Cleveland area lost power for long periods from downed power lines.

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Entertainment

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• Lake
• Effect
• Snow
• Storm
• Novermber
• 1996
• Mentor
• Ohio
• Cleveland

[locksmithite]

Cleveland's four seasons:

Almost winter

Winter

Still winter

Road construction

[iamthepinkylifter]

I remember this. I didn't have to go to school for a week. We lost power for five days, cooked on a gas grill, burned everything we could possibly burn in our house, paid the neighbor boy 20 dollars to shovel our car out of the driveway, lost an old oak tree in our backyard to the snow, and slept next to our fireplace. those were the days!

[rakesfunnyfarm]

i lived in Mentor in the 70's.I remember the big snow,and miss it so much.It was a great place to grow up,just a pretty place.I miss living there and think about it alot.I haven't been to Mentor since 78.Thanks for the memories!

[sheldonlgreen]

People need to understand is that "Global Warming" does not mean that snow won't fall. It means that, in our case, because Lake Erie freezes later and later each year, we are more apt to have more and more severe Lake Effect snow storms. Remember, when it's the coldest in Cleveland it hardly snows at all because the Lake freezes. If the temp is at 32 or so & winds suck up Lake Erie water, it becomes snow and is dumped on us. The snow season is longer the longer it takes for Erie to freeze!

[supergringo86]

I remember this, helped toss on the mudders on our lifted 87' suburban with lockers both front and rear, pretty much the only way to get around.

[hammerheadrock]

global warming...i mean change or are we back to seasons now? god its so difficult to be pc these days

[Grantrus71]

The snow was up past the porch railings in Chardon

[dezjoy11]

I was pregnant and my son was two weeks overdue when this storm started.  I had him November 15, 1996. I remember the National Guard coming to our neighborhood in Chesterland to rack the roofs because the snow was so heavy

[1988scottcarey]

96 back in the day! i remember climbing 50 foot hills of snow and pushing eachother off of it in kitchener ontario canada

[eurolease24]

we got 6 feet of snow in pepper pike...it was great! noone ever mentions this storm. it was the most snow ever in cleveland history!