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Eudaimonics t1_j1uf9fn wrote

Buffalo can handle snow, even 6 feet of it. Hurricane force winds and frigid temperatures made this storm much more deadly. /r/buffalo

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ngfdsa t1_j1vvr5d wrote

Not this time. Usually when you see 6 feet of snow in Buffalo it is mainly in the towns to the south of Buffalo. This time we got an insane amount of snow in the north, the south, and the city proper. We have not seen accumulation this high across this much area in 50 years, possibly ever. Add that to the hurricane winds and you can see the problem.

There is so much snow and it's so densely packed that snow plows are getting stuck frequently, myself and some of my neighbors had to dig one out in our neighborhood and I've seen many other stories like that. It's to the point where they are just putting it into dump trucks and driving it away and using backhoes to move it around. Absolutely insane storm

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TechyDad t1_j1w9oo6 wrote

From what I heard, some people went out of their houses to shovel and the wind/snow were so bad that they had no visibility. They couldn't find their way back to their houses and wound up freezing to death. It's insane to think that some of the people who died night have been mere feet away from safety, but couldn't see it and didn't know which direction to walk to get back.

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Flick3rFade t1_j1whku1 wrote

You’ve posted this a couple of times now and I’m curious where you heard it. I’m a life-long Buffalonian and it’s never THAT bad. For sure, the poor visibility can make driving treacherous but no one gets hopelessly lost in their own driveway.

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TechyDad t1_j1wr7xy wrote

My wife told me that she heard this on the local news. It's possible that she misheard it or that our local (NY but not Buffalo area) news misreported something. I tried doing some searches and couldn't find any corroboration. There are SO many news articles that it could have been flooded out by the hundreds of other stories about this storm. Still, I think I'm going to stop repeating this until I can find a better source corroborating this account.

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Flick3rFade t1_j1wrzii wrote

It’s understandable that things could get blown out of proportion, especially if you haven’t experienced our weather yourself. Good on ya for at least attempting to verify it though!

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