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fattiesruineverythin t1_j1v7wv6 wrote

Reply to comment by holyerthanthou in Western NY death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos by novotlr

Why are so many people dying then?

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skilledwarman t1_j1vbh93 wrote

Having heat and power at home doesn't matter if you get stuck on the side of the highway

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FunkyMonkss t1_j1vjhiw wrote

A higher percentage of people in NY were without heat and power than Texas though

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holyerthanthou t1_j1w8tqa wrote

NY has hurricane force winds and over 40” of snow mixed with sub zero temps

And it was back up for most within a day despite this.

In Texas it got chilly

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DapprDanMan t1_j1vhqhk wrote

Yeah at least in Buffalo we are safe in our homes, so long as our heat held out. Weren’t people literally freezing to death in their living rooms in Texas?

but sure enjoy that Texan Independence

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Grouchy_Occasion2292 t1_j1vk0qy wrote

Or your homeless. But then again just proves our infrastructure doesn't work not systematically. We have so many homeless people because we don't help people stay at homes.

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Archberdmans t1_j1vb4dk wrote

They’re dying in the snow in cars

not in their houses cuz the powers out because it went below 20; they have tons of snow and -30 degree windchills in buffalo

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damnthistrafficjam t1_j1vddcq wrote

I have a terrible feeling that by the time there’s a noticeable amount of snow that’s melted or cleared out, that the numbers will be worse. Thinking about those who maybe live alone without family or community support.

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Grouchy_Occasion2292 t1_j1vk3jy wrote

Yeah probably because they're homeless and don't have a home to go to which is a systematic failure of us.

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fattiesruineverythin t1_j1vckcc wrote

They are stuck on the roads? That's part of infrastructure. And there are thousands without power in NY. They should fix their shitty infrastructure.

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LivefromPhoenix t1_j1vd1tj wrote

What a stupid comment. Buffalo is actually a world leader in rapid snow removal, the issue here was primarily hurricane force winds making the cold much more dangerous than it usually would be. Unless you're suggesting NY break out their weather machines there's not much we can do about that. Texas' issues were connected to the politically motivated decision to keep their energy grid separate from the rest of the country.

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Archberdmans t1_j1vedpi wrote

Lmao everything’s some dumb political zero sum game isn’t it lmao

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Grouchy_Occasion2292 t1_j1vkba6 wrote

When the thing is very political itself then yeah of course it is. Do you think infrastructure is not political? Do you think the vast amount of homeless we have isn't political?

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Archberdmans t1_j1vmaaa wrote

I think that a lot of things are political but at some point bad weather happens and buffalo isn’t unprepared due to politics, at least in terms of snow infrastructure compared to a lot of places. They’re probably one of the most prepared places in the lower 48 for snow.

Now the homeless problem isn’t unique to buffalo that’s a whole country problem but yeah I’ll give ya that homelessness is something we could easily avoid if we wanted to

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