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Archberdmans t1_j1vb4dk wrote

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

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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