My Story of The 2000 Buffalo Snowstorm and 10-Year-Old Me at The Owl Lounge Bar I'm going to admit that this story is pretty random. After all, we're talking about a snowstorm over 20 years ago in Buffalo and it's April of 2021. However, I got the inspiration to share this because of the snow we got in Western New York on Thursday on April Fool's Day and recent talk of past bars in Buffalo. Flashback to November 20th of 2000 in Western New York. It was a Monday and just a few days away from Thanksgiving. I was in my first year at Infant of Prague elementary and middle school off the 90 in Cheektowaga, after going to a public school up to that point.