Except this is a once in a lifetime storm. You have to look back 50 years for anything even remotely similar.

In most storms if you get stuck you can either dig yourself out or wait for a tow.

The hurricane force winds and frostbite laden temperatures meant people couldn’t dig out and it was too dangerous for rescue teams.

Once you get a car stuck, that road becomes impassable including for plows which are 90% of the tools used to keep roads clear. The city wasn’t prepared for the amount of stuck vehicles that had to be dug out and towed before plows could get down streets.

If you live somewhere warm, maybe all snow storms seem like they’re the same, but that’s not the case.

This was the difference between a bad tropical storm and a category 3 hurricane.