The 2/17/06 AP Yahoo slop at right didn't say how often they get winds like this.

Wind blown ice forms on a decorative light house
along Lake Erie in Hamburg, N.Y., Friday, 2/17/06.
Winds gusting up to 77 mph knocked out power to at least
1,000 homes and closed schools from Buffalo to Rochester.
(AP Photo/David Duprey) - Fri Feb 17, 2:46 PM ET