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W_HAMILTON

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22. Have some compassion.

Mon Dec 26, 2022, 01:10 PM

Dec 2022

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What about the elderly that are not easily able to just "up and go?" Or the disabled? Or the poor? Or the homeless? Or any of a number of people who don't have the capability or means to just pick up and leave on a moment's notice?

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A few images from Buffalo, New York... [View all] EarthFirst Dec 2022 OP

My wife's sister and her husband got stranded in their car in Buffalo because a accident blocked the fightforfreedom Dec 2022 #1

Is this them? Sogo Dec 2022 #10

I see what you did there. dchill Dec 2022 #19

What? Sogo Dec 2022 #21

Plenty of warning was given, days in advance. Throck Dec 2022 #2

Maybe someone had to get to a doctor? A vet? A dying friend? leftstreet Dec 2022 #11

Lots of abandoned vehicles on the roads by the malls. Throck Dec 2022 #43

Please read reply #45. ShazzieB Dec 2022 #48

How easy it is to judge when you are not there and wnylib Dec 2022 #14

++ Thanks for sharing the reality, glad things went OK for you during the blizzard. A real mess. appalachiablue Dec 2022 #16

Real life as opposed to humanity being in total control of the outcome Hekate Dec 2022 #23

That requires a bit of humility. Igel Dec 2022 #32

It's called the Just-World fallacy. ShazzieB Dec 2022 #45

I think part of the deserving good guy and wnylib Dec 2022 #52

Absolutely true! ShazzieB Dec 2022 #54

Great post Ferrets are Cool Dec 2022 #68

Have some compassion. W_HAMILTON Dec 2022 #22

+1000 wnylib Dec 2022 #25

You never know what's going on DashOneBravo Dec 2022 #24

Yet a short drive to the West Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #40

Holy smokes. What a mess. Nt Biophilic Dec 2022 #3

Twice in my life I've seen the same scenario tavernier Dec 2022 #4

Daughter says Buffalo is still shut down. No grocery stores open and no restaurants. Throck Dec 2022 #5

Home from college one weekend, there was a storm like this. Igel Dec 2022 #33

Wow! Lucinda Dec 2022 #6

I remember the blizzard of 1993. It looked just like those pictures fightforfreedom Dec 2022 #7

Hard to believe that people of that region endure these conditions, Sogo Dec 2022 #8

There is no place on Earth "safe" from the powers of Nature. As a species we used to know this... Hekate Dec 2022 #17

It's true, but some places more predictable than others. Sogo Dec 2022 #20

This area is used to heavy snowfalls wnylib Dec 2022 #29

Thanks for clarifying how bad it got. Sogo Dec 2022 #37

Those -50 wind chills as a regular feature wnylib Dec 2022 #39

-50 windchill is not a regular feature here; more like -20 windchill and only for a few days Sogo Dec 2022 #47

Thanks. I didn't know that. wnylib Dec 2022 #50

I hear ya. This happens, but not all at once! LeftInTX Dec 2022 #42

Cyclone Bombs are no longer rare Cetacea Dec 2022 #62

I experienced a bomb cyclone, or bombogenesis, blizzard wnylib Dec 2022 #65

Thanks Cetacea Dec 2022 #69

I've got family there. Snow above windowsills lindysalsagal Dec 2022 #9

Just saw a report on CNN where some roads are cleared and people drive question everything Dec 2022 #12

Ther are no words. niyad Dec 2022 #13

Yikes! nt TeamProg Dec 2022 #15

Wind so bad there's hardly any snow on the roofs of homes and cars..... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2022 #18

meanwhile it's 81 in San Diego JuJuChen Dec 2022 #26

Yikes dflprincess Dec 2022 #27

My 85-year-old mom lives in a suburban area that was hard hit by bullwinkle428 Dec 2022 #28

Oh man that is bad nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #30

My college dorm mate was from Buffalo packman Dec 2022 #31

Looks like the roofs made it through- just steep enough to not hold too much snow bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #34

..the wind blew it off.. thomski64 Dec 2022 #64

I worked outside in the winter when I was younger. twodogsbarking Dec 2022 #35

One unusual thing about this storm Retrograde Dec 2022 #36

My friend posted a link to the Hamburg Emergency Services on Facebook dflprincess Dec 2022 #58

Thanks Retrograde Dec 2022 #61

Hold safe there. Warm front coming in from the southwest starting Wednesday. Justice matters. Dec 2022 #38

That's Brutal! ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #41

The very same thing has happened here in Denver countless times....... DENVERPOPS Dec 2022 #44

I've been through multiple 25" plus blizzards in Boston, but this is over 40" AdamGG Dec 2022 #46

wow... all those cars left in the middle of the road...hope they were empty BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #49

K&R MustLoveBeagles Dec 2022 #51

I wonder Niagara Falls is frozen? YoshidaYui Dec 2022 #53

1911 sheshe2 Dec 2022 #57

Yes I can totally see that happening YoshidaYui Dec 2022 #59

Also happened in 1938 and 2022. sheshe2 Dec 2022 #60

That is stunning and shocking! calimary Dec 2022 #66

I wonder if any from other places complained about the cold and weather? LiberalFighter Dec 2022 #55

Yep...a terrible storm indeed La Coliniere Dec 2022 #56

How awful... my best to everyone, I hope they get the help they need Meowmee Dec 2022 #63

wow, those photos look like my hometown in '78 LittleGirl Dec 2022 #67