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Does ANYONE understand why people are being allowed to die trapped in cars ? [View all] SorellaLaBefana Dec 2022 OP

I think you are underestimating the severity of the storm. Ray Bruns Dec 2022 #1

As well as overestimating the number of people who have snowmobiles or snowshoes. GoCubsGo Dec 2022 #27

Disaster response has been sorely underfunded at the local, state and national level for decades. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #2

True Meowmee Dec 2022 #68

Geez, DO you not realize that hundreds of EMERGENCY WORKERS were likewise hlthe2b Dec 2022 #3

... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2022 #6

Thank you for explaining this in a civil tone. Jack the Greater Dec 2022 #8

Same things in hurricanes - once the wind rises to a certain speed, you're on your own hatrack Dec 2022 #15

That's assuming you can even get a call through! Native Dec 2022 #25

The OP is infuriating. tenderfoot Dec 2022 #16

As someone who lives in hurricane country, same obamanut2012 Dec 2022 #84

Thank you. we can do it Dec 2022 #18

+100 x millions. 2naSalit Dec 2022 #42

thank you treestar Dec 2022 #46

Spot on ! KS Toronado Dec 2022 #63

..in a blizzard you can't see shit.. thomski64 Dec 2022 #4

THIS 2naSalit Dec 2022 #44

thank you treestar Dec 2022 #49

it would be nice to have the population work together in a co-ordinated fashion Shellback Squid Dec 2022 #5

You've never seen anything like this. Mother nature Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #7

+1 2naSalit Dec 2022 #48

Do you think 4ft of snow is easy to navigate through Historic NY Dec 2022 #9

And this is why authorities AkFemDem Dec 2022 #10

Snowmobiles are not as common in urban areas. localroger Dec 2022 #11

How would emergency workers get to their work places? Kaleva Dec 2022 #12

Snowshoes and snowmobiles are not evenly distributed and not automatically mobilized Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #13

The details seem to... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #54

Knee high or higher snow, gale force winds, almost zero visibility. Greybnk48 Dec 2022 #14

Stupid people die, it happens, stay off the roads in a fucking blizzard! Or survive on your OWN! Shanti Shanti Shanti Dec 2022 #17

You seem nice tenderfoot Dec 2022 #19

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Nice lack of compassion & empathy AntivaxHunters Dec 2022 #22

My empathy ends where your stupidity begins, like "riding out" a Cat 4 hurricane on a barrier island Shanti Shanti Shanti Dec 2022 #29

As an example tjere are people who need the paycheck and could be in a work or don't get paid CentralMass Dec 2022 #43

Even they can probably afford to throw a few blankets in the car. Mariana Dec 2022 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author CentralMass Dec 2022 #47

Judging people ain't it AntivaxHunters Dec 2022 #53

Another expert!!! USALiberal Dec 2022 #62

how much compassion for the emergency workers? treestar Dec 2022 #51

How about the sick, disabled, poor, elderly AntivaxHunters Dec 2022 #56

How about people that were headed home from work when the storm hit? tenderfoot Dec 2022 #67

Whoa! Easy there! LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #24

Weather kills all the time, you ignore the risks and perils of mother nature on your own Shanti Shanti Shanti Dec 2022 #31

Oh. LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #41

we are to blame if we disregard treestar Dec 2022 #52

Broad brush. LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #57

then you knew you made that decision to go anyway treestar Dec 2022 #58

Everything is so easy on the internet. LuckyCharms Dec 2022 #59

Tell it to the OP Mariana Dec 2022 #85

The hit and run OP that goes skiing in the winter and knows all tenderfoot Dec 2022 #93

Just got word that a friends mom froze to death in her car trying to get home from work. tenderfoot Dec 2022 #65

Oh, God, no. I'm so sorry. Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #89

Thank you. tenderfoot Dec 2022 #92

Oh, no. Strength to your poor friend, and you How horifying electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #95

It's not always stupidity. Sometimes it's luck (or lack thereof), desperation, or simply ignorance. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #34

My friend had to get his child DashOneBravo Dec 2022 #94

Hundreds were rescued Johnny2X2X Dec 2022 #20

Thank you for adding some facts to this thread. yardwork Dec 2022 #21

Facts: EMS delays, broken heating systems,other blizzard conditions push Buffalo winter storm's hlthe2b Dec 2022 #32

Agreed. That's why I appreciated the post to which I responded. yardwork Dec 2022 #33

"Enjoyed" skiing and playing in the snow GenThePerservering Dec 2022 #23

Here's some perspective on your tirade... EarthFirst Dec 2022 #26

This photo reminds me of the worst blizzard I was in. KS Toronado Dec 2022 #101

I used to live in northern New York, and have experienced some very wild winter weather. patphil Dec 2022 #28

Methinks some inebriating drinks have been involved in some of these accidents. Judgments get CTyankee Dec 2022 #35

Not necessarily. Two members of my extended family were lost in a storm recently. They Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #74

You are right, of course. I meant around holiday time when people might be drinking more than CTyankee Dec 2022 #79

I was never particularly cowed by the weather because in the past it just Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #83

From what I know is that: Niagara Dec 2022 #80

No one allowed people to die in trapped cars. Niagara Dec 2022 #36

I wonder how many were XanaDUer2 Dec 2022 #37

Others have covered the misconception here. I was just remembering Hortensis Dec 2022 #38

Good points... hlthe2b Dec 2022 #40

+1 million zillion treestar Dec 2022 #55

+1000 MineralMan Dec 2022 #66

Because having a bunch of untrained "rescuers" Zeitghost Dec 2022 #39

That was my first thought sarisataka Dec 2022 #69

Have you ever experienced a blizzard like the one there? MineralMan Dec 2022 #45

+1 CentralMass Dec 2022 #61

Well, I live in Minnesota now, after living most of my life in California. MineralMan Dec 2022 #64

My brother went o school in the upper peninsula in Michigan. CentralMass Dec 2022 #73

Back when I lived in San Antonio Genki Hikari Dec 2022 #50

Oh yeah, lots of places like that! LeftInTX Dec 2022 #72

Textbook hit and run post. onenote Dec 2022 #60

+1 tenderfoot Dec 2022 #70

62 prior posts. maxsolomon Dec 2022 #78

I live in Buffalo, NY. Do you? If not, I'm not sure you understand the ferocity of this blizzard. liberal_mama Dec 2022 #71

My sister is up there with you. Stay safe. Are you doing OK? Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #75

We were very lucky to have our power stay on, but what a terrifying storm it was! liberal_mama Dec 2022 #87

Nope. She had power all the way through. Lost it for an hour or so Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #88

I'm glad she was lucky with the power too. The posts on the Facebook Buffalo Blizzard group on liberal_mama Dec 2022 #90

I can't even imagine. Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #91

Welcome to DU, SorellaLaBefana. I hope you read all the replies -- lots off info there. Hekate Dec 2022 #76

Yes. Lots of information SorellaLaBefana Dec 2022 #96

Your experience does not relate to a densely populated urban environment Mysterian Dec 2022 #102

Short of deploying tracked military vehicles NickB79 Dec 2022 #77

I went through Katrina and had it way easier than this. chriscan64 Dec 2022 #82

I've had ForgedCrank Dec 2022 #86

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Dec 2022 #97

snow killing people in freaking BUFFALO NEW YORK Skittles Dec 2022 #98

Back in 1996 (Jan. 7 - 8), many of us in the PA-NJ-DE area BumRushDaShow Dec 2022 #99

The same thing that allows people to die at all. Renew Deal Dec 2022 #100