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pgabrielfreak t1_j2c4gfl wrote

Why would you go out in a blizzard ? It's basically a cold hurricane. They had plenty of warnings. Be prepared and stay home.

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Lazy-Lawfulness-6466 OP t1_j2c5fbm wrote

The state, city, and county’s preparedness is a different story. It was announced on the first day of the blizzard that no emergency services were available and they weren’t restored for days, even after the blizzard had already ended. The city wasn’t dug out for a week, while surrounding suburbs that experienced the same weather and similar obstacles were cleaned up in a matter of days. During this time people were still stuck in their homes with no heat and power. Buffalo has a failing infrastructure and unfortunately it led to mass loss of life. The vast majority is the blizzard’s deaths occurred within the city.

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_Silver_Engineer_ t1_j2c6efe wrote

But none of those reasons point fingers back to the preparedness scenario now being investigated.

Like mask fatigue with COVID, how do you get those in Buffalo to take blizzards seriously? How do you get Floridians to take hurricanes seriously?

Root cause analysis suggests something far more difficult to address: pervasive erosion in confidence and trust in government and science.

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Diligent-Kangaroo-33 t1_j2cxp69 wrote

The first step is to not make excuses or fault someone else. The truth is people made bad choices that cost them thier lives.

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Eudaimonics t1_j2dlfyw wrote

People In Buffalo are pretty arrogant when it comes to this sort of thing. We pride ourselves in our ability to handle snow.

Many stores don’t even shut down during storms (for better or for worse).

A lot of people simply completely underestimated this storm and the type of storm it was. Buffalo normally doesn’t get Blizzards with hurricane force winds.

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Sgt_major_dodgy t1_j2d42zt wrote

"DON'T YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT MY PLANS ARE"

or sometimes it's shit companies forcing people to come in no matter what.

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Unconfidence t1_j2ctf1k wrote

As a native Louisianian who moved to Minnesota, no, a blizzard is not at all like a cold hurricane. Not to downplay the severity of a blizzard, but it's basically just a lot of snow over an extended period. Hurricanes can have multiple tornadoes, destroy entire towns, and move roads. Not even close.

This blizzard was literally just "stay home, shovel once it's done". I didn't have to worry about my house flooding or having an oak tree dropped on it. I'm very, very glad I moved, and now have to deal with winter blizzards and summer thunderstorms instead of the loci of pure destruction that are hurricanes.

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Lazy-Lawfulness-6466 OP t1_j2dgozl wrote

It’s true a blizzard and a hurricane are very different things. But actually many people’s pipes burst due to cold, leaving houses flooded and declared total losses. There were also trees down all over, some on cars and houses.

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__WellWellWell__ t1_j2eyk70 wrote

I've been through blizzards and hurricanes. Born in the buffalo area, moved to Orlando, moved back to Buffalo. Hurricanes are far worse in my opinion, way scarier, but this blizzard came with 70mph winds. This one was .. something else. It was crazy. Visibility was literally 4 ft and it was bitter, bitter cold. My house was swaying and my back door screen ripped off and the door froze shut. -and we were lucky.

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Unconfidence t1_j2fb1sk wrote

Yeah this was the first blizzard I've been through so I have no others to really compare to. But this was like...windy? Snowy? Shit was downright pleasant next to Katrina and Rita. Granted I'm in Minnesota, Upstate NY got it worse.

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