Snow job - It's snowing in Buffalo! Is that unusual?
Mayor Brown and County Exec Poloncarz seem surprised. Guys, are you new?
So… we had a snow storm in Buffalo, NY, and, apparently, that is national news.
Yes, it did occur in November instead of December or Januart, so maybe it’s a little early, but is it unusual? We’re being told that this is a “record amount of snow” for the city to have gotten within 24 hours. Okay, so have we gotten the same amount of snow in 25 hours in previous years? 26 hours? Please explain, because for many who live and work in Buffalo, this is normal, not unusual at all.
Below is an image of a shoveled driveway in Buffalo, just after the worst of this “unusual” snow storm.
Fact is, it snows in Buffalo, NY every year. Blizzards and several feet of snow sometimes occur. In fact, there has been less snow and fewer subzero temperatures in recent years than there had been in the past. At least, that’s the perception many Buffalo residents who have lived and worked in the city for many years have.
However, Mayor Byron Brown and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz say that this is “unusual.”
We would like to ask Mr. Brown and Mr. Poloncarz, “Are you new?”
Seriously, how long have you guys lived in Western New York?
Do these guys really think the residents of Buffalo are that stupid that they won’t remember the many previous snow storms that have been much, much worse than this one? How stupid do they think the average person is?
Okay, don’t answer that. That was a rhetorical question. Frankly, I don’t want to know the answer…
Why did the mayor also state that “warming centers” have been set up for people who may have lost power? Is he expecting a power outage? Will this “unusual” snow storm be used as an excuse for power outages? What will people who’ve lost power do if they cannot get out of their homes, due to the snow piles, to travel to the warming centers? What will people at the warming centers do after the centers close at 6 p.m.? How will they stay warm that night?
Here’s what seems unusual to some of us: the reaction to this snow storm. There was a travel ban Friday, Nov. 18, and many businesses closed. This means businesses and their employees lost money. For people living from paycheck-to-paycheck, this could be a devastating loss of income.
Friday morning, the sun came out and melted much of the snow from the night before, at least in the northern part of Buffalo and surrounding suburbs. The southern part of Buffalo was hit harder, but that is typical. (CNBC reported that southeast Buffalo got 19.5 inches of snow.) Affluent suburbs such as Orchard Park and Hamburg got, reportedly, as much as 4-feet of snow. Those towns are not in the city proper. They are outside of and south of the city.
Yes, much shoveling needed to be done. Yes, that was annoying. But was that unusual? https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/erie-county-hit-with-3-feet-of-snow-as-buffalo-braces-for-historic-winter-storm.html
Friday night, snow fell in the northern part of Buffalo, and it appeared to be at least a foot and a half, maybe more, of snow. Folks had to get out and shovel. That was irritating. But unusual?
The following Sunday, the sun came out again and much of the snow began to melt. In previous years, snow storms often lasted for several days and more snow fell adding to the inches that accumulated. Sometimes city officials and property owners had trouble figuring out what to do with the many very tall piles of snow.
This snow fall came and went rather quickly. That is what is unusual. Seems a bit milder and less dangerous than some storms the city has experienced in previous years.
Does anyone else remember the history of Buffalo’s snow storms? Or, as with 9/11 and the Patriot Act (a “temporary” attack on our 4th Amendment that has been in effect for over 20 years now) are we just unable to remember things now? Are too many distractions causing us all to develop A.D.D.? Is the 5G radiation destroying our brains? Or do we just not want to know?
What do you think? Do you find this unusual? If you live in Buffalo or know anyone who does, contact us at anchor.fm/OccupyYourMind and let us know what you think. Is the reaction to this storm normal?
We suspect that something wicked this way comes… (Please excuse the paraphrase. We can’t control our quick wit.)
After all, Buffalo is being turned into a “smart” city. It is reasonable to ask if snow storms are now going to be used to instill fear into Buffalo residents, to lock them down, and to enforce further undemocratic measures upon them. Why have “warming centers” been set up? Is this a part of a plan to get us used to losing power and being forced to leave our homes? Again, this is not far-fetched when you read about the “green zones.” We covered this in a previous podcast, so do check it out. The CDC has had these concentration camps built for our own “safety.” Are warming centers a type of green zones built up to get us accustomed to being displaced from our homes? Yes, it sounds like a “conspiracy theory,” but remember, conspiracies are everywhere. Politics works via conspiracies. Powerful people conspire all the time to maintain their power. That’s just how politics functions.
If you read about the World Economic Forum and Klaus Schwab’s plans for us to own nothing, to lose our homes and be forced to share space with strangers, so that no one even owns as much as a room of one’s own, then this is not far-fetched at all.
Here are some links to check out about Buffalo’s stormy history. Blizzards, and piles of snow, they are certainly nothing new for Western New York:
From a local radio station’s website, WYRK FM, here is a list of “unusual” snow events occurring in Buffalo: https://wyrk.com/the-5-worst-snowstorms-in-wnys-history/
The White Hurricane of 1913 – This hit both Buffalo and Cleveland, OH. Wind gusts hit 80 m.p.h.! Those are dangerously strong winds. 260-300 people died, it was estimated, per the website above.
The Blizzard of 1977 – According to the website below, wind gusts hit 70 m.p.h., much stronger than the winds we’re dealing with in this current storm. The city got 150 inches (12 ½ feet!) of snow. That was 45 years ago, people!!!
The same website reports on a storm from 2014 – This storm occurred in mostly the south towns (like the current storm) and occurred the week before Thanksgiving. Hmm… Wait a minute, it’s a week before Thanksgiving now! Yikes! Is this history repeating itself?
Newcomers to the area, like Mayor Brown and County Exec Poloncarz need to speak to Buffalo natives and get some schooling!
The 2014 storm resulted in 7-8 feet of snow, the website above reports.
In 2006 was the October surprise storm – This brought nearly two feet of snow in mid-October. Many people lost power, not because the utility companies couldn’t handle the power usage but because of snow that knocked down on power lines and damaged trees.
In November of 2000 – the evening before Thanksgiving (November again!) 25 inches of snow fell in a 24-hour period. Cars and school buses got stuck in the snow.
Here’s an old New York Times article from January 22, 1985 reporting on Buffalo, NY’s worst snowfall since the Blizzard of ’77: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/22/nyregion/snowfall-brings-buffalo-region-to-a-standstill.html
The article above reports that 27 inches of snow had fallen and that snow was continuing to fall in Buffalo. Temperatures were zero degrees and below (colder than our current storm which reported temperatures in the 20s and 30s F. over the weekend.) A travel ban occurred then too as there were blizzard conditions. A blizzard probably occurred over this weekend in some parts of the south towns but not in the northern areas of Buffalo, at least not during the day.
Here’s an article on the snow storm from 2014 from the Weather Channel’s website:
The article reports 88 inches (7 feet, 4 inches) of snow in Cowlesville, 71 inches (nearly 6 feet) in Orchard Park, 69 inches in Wales and only 16.9 inches at the Buffalo Airport. 14 fatalities, hundreds of roof collapses, stranded vehicles, food shortages, etc., were reported according to the above site.
Another article from the UPI archives written by Tom Campbell in January 11, 1982 reports a blizzard with 50 m.p.h. winds (compared with 24 m.p.h. winds as of this writing on Nov. 20, 2022) and subzero temperatures (compared with our temps in the 20s and 30s F.) Nearly 2 feet of snow dropped and at least 23 people died, per the website article below. Travel bans were in effect and the thruway was closed. Many people were stranded. Although there was less snow, the strong winds blew the snow around causing blizzard and white out conditions:
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/01/11/A-blizzard-in-Buffalo/6673379573200/
Here’s a link with photos from 2014: https://allthatsinteresting.com/buffalo-blizzard-photographs
Again, we just have to ask, Mr. Poloncarz and Mr. Brown,
Are you new?
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