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People are freezing to death in their cars in Buffalo
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:50 am
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:50 am
More deaths are expected as many are still without power and it is so cold you can't go outside for more than 10 minutes without risking frostbite.
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Al Gore tried to warn us!
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The death toll from a blizzard in Buffalo has risen to 25
The aftermath of the bomb cyclone has seen more than 6ft of snow hit the city
It is now the worst storm to affect Western New York in at least 50 years
Emergency services are struggling to free people from their own homes
Shelters and nursing homes are starting to run out of food as thousands remain without power on Monday
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The death toll from an ungodly blizzard in upstate New York has risen to 27, as trapped residents brace for another foot of snow.
The blizzard in Buffalo is now the deadliest storm to affect the western part of the state in at least 50 years, and officials fear the situation may only get worse as more than 12,000 residents remain without power and roads remain impassable.
Across the US and Canada, at least 55 people have died as of Monday morning.
In Buffalo, the city was inundated by six feet of 'lake effect' snow, which occurs when frigid air moves over warmer lake waters and creates a freezing spray.
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More than 12,000 customers in the Buffalo area are still without power on Monday, as officials say it may take days to turn it back on.
'Substations froze. They were snowed under. We had a report that one substation had an 18-foot drift on to it,' Poloncarz said.
'And when they got in the substation was frozen. They still don't even know to the extent the damage that occurred in the substation,' the executive continued.
Those without power have been told to leave their water faucets on in order to prevent pipes from freezing and bursting.
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People have also been found stranded in snow banks and their cars, and a 27-year-old man died after he was overcome by carbon monoxide when heavy snow blocked his furnace.
Mark Poloncarz, who is executive of Erie county in the state of New York said: ‘Some were found in cars, some were found on the street in snowbanks.
‘We know there are people who have been stuck in cars for more than two days.’
In Ohio, 10 people were reported dead, including an electrocuted utility worker and those killed in multiple car crashes. Six drivers were killed in Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky.
A Vermont woman was killed after she was struck by a falling branch, and a homeless man was reported to have been found dead amid Colorado’s sub-zero temperatures.
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Al Gore tried to warn us!
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:51 am to stout
Putting every American car on the electrical grid sounds like a good idea.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:51 am to Bunk Moreland
I love my gas oven, water heater, open flame bathroom heater, etc.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:52 am to stout
I get (30) people dying in a freak Southern snow storm, but in Buffalo?
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:53 am to SlowFlowPro
I have gas everything, too, BUT the furnace is still dependent on some electrical mechanisms so I am SOL when the power goes out.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:53 am to stout
I don't think you could lay me enough to live in Buffalo
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:54 am to Aubie Spr96
Based on my experience in North Alabama last night, advanced weapons wouldn’t be needed to cripple this state, a simple thin layer of ice on the roads and we are finished.
Surprising a city like Buffalo wasn’t better equipped to deal with blizzard conditions, but it was a freak storm.
Surprising a city like Buffalo wasn’t better equipped to deal with blizzard conditions, but it was a freak storm.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:54 am to Aubie Spr96
There are still limits on man made things when compared to mother nature. If someone wasn't prepared and everything around them failed, it's easy to see how people can die.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:57 am to Aubie Spr96
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I get (30) people dying in a freak Southern snow storm, but in Buffalo?
Seems like they are counting anybody that died from car crashes and everything else. Not necessarily snow/freezing to death.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:58 am to kywildcatfanone
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I don't think you could lay me enough to live in Buffalo
Not even unlimited access of an OT 10?
Posted on 12/27/22 at 7:58 am to brass2mouth
The car crashes are from pile ups due to icy roads so they get counted as storm deaths
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:00 am to Ross
I doubt Buffalo sees 6 feet of heavy, wet snow very often. Sounds Ike at least some of the deaths are unfortunate situations, like the guy dying of carbon monoxide poisoning because a snow drift was blocking his furnace exhaust.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:04 am to stout
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and a 27-year-old man died after he was overcome by carbon monoxide when heavy snow blocked his furnace.
Sad.
Always make sure your gas alarm is working.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:08 am to stout
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:10 am to auggie
She just got off work! That's pretty fricked up.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:15 am to sqerty
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She just got off work!
Who?
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:19 am to stout
That’s why I live below the mason dixon line
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:49 am to stout
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some were found on the street in snowbanks
How does this happen, I wonder.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:56 am to stout
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The death toll from a blizzard in Buffalo has risen to 25
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In Ohio, 10 people were reported dead, including an electrocuted utility worker and those killed in multiple car crashes. Six drivers were killed in Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky.
A Vermont woman was killed after she was struck by a falling branch, and a homeless man was reported to have been found dead amid Colorado’s sub-zero temperatures.
it's another pandemic
Ban weather, build a global dome to protect us all. Even euros that fall out in 90F.
Posted on 12/27/22 at 8:59 am to stout
And with Tesla cars, once it freezes the doors won’t work because you can’t get in
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