#buffaloblizzard — Public Fediverse posts

Yesterday (Christmas) in #Buffalo it was sunny and 57°F / 14°C.

Last year (also Christmas) it was #BuffaloBlizzard:

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109569739440138690

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109576066521796199

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109582139120264407

Also lots of pre-leftover food from zero attendees to my Christmas dinner. But lots of exercise shoveling and clearing neighbors’ furnace vents.

Yesterday (Christmas) in #Buffalo it was sunny and 57°F / 14°C.

Last year (also Christmas) it was #BuffaloBlizzard:

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109569739440138690

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109576066521796199

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109582139120264407

Also lots of pre-leftover food from zero attendees to my Christmas dinner. But lots of exercise shoveling and clearing neighbors’ furnace vents.

Yesterday (Christmas) in #Buffalo it was sunny and 57°F / 14°C.

Last year (also Christmas) it was #BuffaloBlizzard:

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109569739440138690

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109576066521796199

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109582139120264407

Also lots of pre-leftover food from zero attendees to my Christmas dinner. But lots of exercise shoveling and clearing neighbors’ furnace vents.

Yesterday (Christmas) in #Buffalo it was sunny and 57°F / 14°C.

Last year (also Christmas) it was #BuffaloBlizzard:

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109569739440138690

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109576066521796199

• https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/109582139120264407

Also lots of pre-leftover food from zero attendees to my Christmas dinner. But lots of exercise shoveling and clearing neighbors’ furnace vents.

I would hope that Buffalo authorities waive these fines levied on Bangladeshi mutual aid workers.

' Some 30 to 40 volunteers evacuated [more rhan 500 ]people during the blizzard, removing them from hazardous conditions and providing them warm shelter and food.

But they ran afoul of the travel ban and got caught in a ticketing blitz meant to keep drivers off the streets. '

#BuffaloBlizzard #MutualAid #TravelBan #Bangladeshi

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/bangladeshi-community-rescued-sheltered-and-fed-hundreds-affected-by-blizzard-and-racked-up-driving-ban/article_344297d2-8799-11ed-9935-7f850480b1b6.html

I would hope that Buffalo authorities waive these fines levied on Bangladeshi mutual aid workers.

' Some 30 to 40 volunteers evacuated [more rhan 500 ]people during the blizzard, removing them from hazardous conditions and providing them warm shelter and food.

But they ran afoul of the travel ban and got caught in a ticketing blitz meant to keep drivers off the streets. '

#BuffaloBlizzard #MutualAid #TravelBan #Bangladeshi

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/bangladeshi-community-rescued-sheltered-and-fed-hundreds-affected-by-blizzard-and-racked-up-driving-ban/article_344297d2-8799-11ed-9935-7f850480b1b6.html

I would hope that Buffalo authorities waive these fines levied on Bangladeshi mutual aid workers.

' Some 30 to 40 volunteers evacuated [more rhan 500 ]people during the blizzard, removing them from hazardous conditions and providing them warm shelter and food.

But they ran afoul of the travel ban and got caught in a ticketing blitz meant to keep drivers off the streets. '

#BuffaloBlizzard #MutualAid #TravelBan #Bangladeshi

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/bangladeshi-community-rescued-sheltered-and-fed-hundreds-affected-by-blizzard-and-racked-up-driving-ban/article_344297d2-8799-11ed-9935-7f850480b1b6.html

I would hope that Buffalo authorities waive these fines levied on Bangladeshi mutual aid workers.

' Some 30 to 40 volunteers evacuated [more rhan 500 ]people during the blizzard, removing them from hazardous conditions and providing them warm shelter and food.

But they ran afoul of the travel ban and got caught in a ticketing blitz meant to keep drivers off the streets. '

#BuffaloBlizzard #MutualAid #TravelBan #Bangladeshi

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/bangladeshi-community-rescued-sheltered-and-fed-hundreds-affected-by-blizzard-and-racked-up-driving-ban/article_344297d2-8799-11ed-9935-7f850480b1b6.html

For those of you wondering if last week's #BuffaloBlizzard was the first instance of Byron Brown's seeming incompetence as mayor, my reply is: Far from it.

http://investigativepost.org/2022/12/29/is-byron-brown-the-worst-mayor-in-america/

My landlord finally paid someone to dig us out, so I was able to go on a walk around my neighborhood today. It looks nothing like it did during and just after the #BuffaloBlizzard. It looks like a fairly normal winter day in my neighborhood. I want to emphasize that, because what I'm talking about in this post isn't a singular failure to adequately respond to a once-in-a-generation blizzard. I'm talking about Buffalo's repeated and regular failures to take care of its people.

Here's what Byron Brown, probably the worst mayor in the U.S., had to say about snow removal just prior to the blizzard: “That’s been talked about before. We’re not looking at that right now. It might be brought up by others, but to implement a sidewalk snow removal plan is going to cost the residents more money. There’s a cost to it. So if people want to pay for it, we can do it, but it’s going to be pretty expensive.” I hate Byron Brown.

Buffalo doesn't remove snow from sidewalks. Individuals do. What this means is that in order for you to be able to use the sidewalk, someone has to decide to make that possible for you. I want to talk about what that means. Pics and commentary in the thread below.

My landlord finally paid someone to dig us out, so I was able to go on a walk around my neighborhood today. It looks nothing like it did during and just after the #BuffaloBlizzard. It looks like a fairly normal winter day in my neighborhood. I want to emphasize that, because what I'm talking about in this post isn't a singular failure to adequately respond to a once-in-a-generation blizzard. I'm talking about Buffalo's repeated and regular failures to take care of its people.

Here's what Byron Brown, probably the worst mayor in the U.S., had to say about snow removal just prior to the blizzard: “That’s been talked about before. We’re not looking at that right now. It might be brought up by others, but to implement a sidewalk snow removal plan is going to cost the residents more money. There’s a cost to it. So if people want to pay for it, we can do it, but it’s going to be pretty expensive.” I hate Byron Brown.

Buffalo doesn't remove snow from sidewalks. Individuals do. What this means is that in order for you to be able to use the sidewalk, someone has to decide to make that possible for you. I want to talk about what that means. Pics and commentary in the thread below.

My landlord finally paid someone to dig us out, so I was able to go on a walk around my neighborhood today. It looks nothing like it did during and just after the #BuffaloBlizzard. It looks like a fairly normal winter day in my neighborhood. I want to emphasize that, because what I'm talking about in this post isn't a singular failure to adequately respond to a once-in-a-generation blizzard. I'm talking about Buffalo's repeated and regular failures to take care of its people.

Here's what Byron Brown, probably the worst mayor in the U.S., had to say about snow removal just prior to the blizzard: “That’s been talked about before. We’re not looking at that right now. It might be brought up by others, but to implement a sidewalk snow removal plan is going to cost the residents more money. There’s a cost to it. So if people want to pay for it, we can do it, but it’s going to be pretty expensive.” I hate Byron Brown.

Buffalo doesn't remove snow from sidewalks. Individuals do. What this means is that in order for you to be able to use the sidewalk, someone has to decide to make that possible for you. I want to talk about what that means. Pics and commentary in the thread below.

My landlord finally paid someone to dig us out, so I was able to go on a walk around my neighborhood today. It looks nothing like it did during and just after the #BuffaloBlizzard. It looks like a fairly normal winter day in my neighborhood. I want to emphasize that, because what I'm talking about in this post isn't a singular failure to adequately respond to a once-in-a-generation blizzard. I'm talking about Buffalo's repeated and regular failures to take care of its people.

Here's what Byron Brown, probably the worst mayor in the U.S., had to say about snow removal just prior to the blizzard: “That’s been talked about before. We’re not looking at that right now. It might be brought up by others, but to implement a sidewalk snow removal plan is going to cost the residents more money. There’s a cost to it. So if people want to pay for it, we can do it, but it’s going to be pretty expensive.” I hate Byron Brown.

Buffalo doesn't remove snow from sidewalks. Individuals do. What this means is that in order for you to be able to use the sidewalk, someone has to decide to make that possible for you. I want to talk about what that means. Pics and commentary in the thread below.

After days of shoveling out me and others from the #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard, I am doubling down on my meme.

After days of shoveling out me and others from the #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard, I am doubling down on my meme.

After days of shoveling out me and others from the #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard, I am doubling down on my meme.

After days of shoveling out me and others from the #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard, I am doubling down on my meme.

Day 3 of #BuffaloBlizzard WaPo front-page:

“#Buffalo blizzard fuels racial and class divides in polarized city”
Gift URL: https://wapo.st/3WytUMM

Corrections:
• Buffalo driving ban lifted 9½ hours ago at midnight;
• Elmwood Ave, not Street;
• 37 county deaths so far.

Day 3 of #BuffaloBlizzard WaPo front-page:

“#Buffalo blizzard fuels racial and class divides in polarized city”
Gift URL: https://wapo.st/3WytUMM

Corrections:
• Buffalo driving ban lifted 9½ hours ago at midnight;
• Elmwood Ave, not Street;
• 37 county deaths so far.

Day 3 of #BuffaloBlizzard WaPo front-page:

“#Buffalo blizzard fuels racial and class divides in polarized city”
Gift URL: https://wapo.st/3WytUMM

Corrections:
• Buffalo driving ban lifted 9½ hours ago at midnight;
• Elmwood Ave, not Street;
• 37 county deaths so far.

Day 3 of #BuffaloBlizzard WaPo front-page:

“#Buffalo blizzard fuels racial and class divides in polarized city”
Gift URL: https://wapo.st/3WytUMM

Corrections:
• Buffalo driving ban lifted 9½ hours ago at midnight;
• Elmwood Ave, not Street;
• 37 county deaths so far.

FROM Lisa Haley BUFFALO BLIZZARD RESPONSE 2022 on FACEBOOK: If you are in dire need of baby formula, we have a limited supply that can be distributed to you. Please call 716-858-SNOW (7669) to request formula. The formula was donated by Wegmans and Erie County Sheriff's Office yesterday drove 6 hours to pick it up in Pottsville, PA and then drove back. #Buffalo #buffaloblizzard

FROM Lisa Haley BUFFALO BLIZZARD RESPONSE 2022 on FACEBOOK: If you are in dire need of baby formula, we have a limited supply that can be distributed to you. Please call 716-858-SNOW (7669) to request formula. The formula was donated by Wegmans and Erie County Sheriff's Office yesterday drove 6 hours to pick it up in Pottsville, PA and then drove back. #Buffalo #buffaloblizzard

FROM Lisa Haley BUFFALO BLIZZARD RESPONSE 2022 on FACEBOOK: If you are in dire need of baby formula, we have a limited supply that can be distributed to you. Please call 716-858-SNOW (7669) to request formula. The formula was donated by Wegmans and Erie County Sheriff's Office yesterday drove 6 hours to pick it up in Pottsville, PA and then drove back. #Buffalo #buffaloblizzard

Temperatures above freezing. Got car out, hit a store for parents.

Eggs, milk, juice, dog food nearly gone. Shopping cart missing wheel, which was fun.

Suburban roads good, tho city still has driving ban.

Dug folks’ driveway out, so legs achey.

#Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

Temperatures above freezing. Got car out, hit a store for parents.

Eggs, milk, juice, dog food nearly gone. Shopping cart missing wheel, which was fun.

Suburban roads good, tho city still has driving ban.

Dug folks’ driveway out, so legs achey.

#Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

Temperatures above freezing. Got car out, hit a store for parents.

Eggs, milk, juice, dog food nearly gone. Shopping cart missing wheel, which was fun.

Suburban roads good, tho city still has driving ban.

Dug folks’ driveway out, so legs achey.

#Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

Temperatures above freezing. Got car out, hit a store for parents.

Eggs, milk, juice, dog food nearly gone. Shopping cart missing wheel, which was fun.

Suburban roads good, tho city still has driving ban.

Dug folks’ driveway out, so legs achey.

#Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

When the #Buffalo mayor says “the city’s snow-fighting plan doesn’t address blizzards; it addresses normal snowfall,” and November’s snow showed it cannot even handle that, I am on board with the county taking it away.

WaPo gift URL: https://wapo.st/3C8lyDp
#BuffaloBlizzard

When the #Buffalo mayor says “the city’s snow-fighting plan doesn’t address blizzards; it addresses normal snowfall,” and November’s snow showed it cannot even handle that, I am on board with the county taking it away.

WaPo gift URL: https://wapo.st/3C8lyDp
#BuffaloBlizzard

When the #Buffalo mayor says “the city’s snow-fighting plan doesn’t address blizzards; it addresses normal snowfall,” and November’s snow showed it cannot even handle that, I am on board with the county taking it away.

WaPo gift URL: https://wapo.st/3C8lyDp
#BuffaloBlizzard

When the #Buffalo mayor says “the city’s snow-fighting plan doesn’t address blizzards; it addresses normal snowfall,” and November’s snow showed it cannot even handle that, I am on board with the county taking it away.

WaPo gift URL: https://wapo.st/3C8lyDp
#BuffaloBlizzard

Reasonable round-up of the mess in #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard
“Buffalo’s no stranger to snow. Why was the storm so deadly?”
https://wapo.st/3VyCGJo
(gift link, so it should not be paywalled)

Reasonable round-up of the mess in #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard
“Buffalo’s no stranger to snow. Why was the storm so deadly?”
https://wapo.st/3VyCGJo
(gift link, so it should not be paywalled)

Reasonable round-up of the mess in #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard
“Buffalo’s no stranger to snow. Why was the storm so deadly?”
https://wapo.st/3VyCGJo
(gift link, so it should not be paywalled)

Reasonable round-up of the mess in #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard
“Buffalo’s no stranger to snow. Why was the storm so deadly?”
https://wapo.st/3VyCGJo
(gift link, so it should not be paywalled)

You can choose to be self-righteous about people looting or you can choose to be grateful about people helping. What you decide to amplify tells us more about you than it does about Buffalo during a storm.

#Buffalo
#BuffaloStorm2022
#BuffaloBlizzard

You can choose to be self-righteous about people looting or you can choose to be grateful about people helping. What you decide to amplify tells us more about you than it does about Buffalo during a storm.

#Buffalo
#BuffaloStorm2022
#BuffaloBlizzard

You can choose to be self-righteous about people looting or you can choose to be grateful about people helping. What you decide to amplify tells us more about you than it does about Buffalo during a storm.

#Buffalo
#BuffaloStorm2022
#BuffaloBlizzard

You can choose to be self-righteous about people looting or you can choose to be grateful about people helping. What you decide to amplify tells us more about you than it does about Buffalo during a storm.

#Buffalo
#BuffaloStorm2022
#BuffaloBlizzard

A total of two hours but apron is cleared. Another 4 inches fell, but it was the really light kind you can clear by waving your arms over it.

The photo is a cross-section of the apron.

I know y’all were waiting to hear. #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

A total of two hours but apron is cleared. Another 4 inches fell, but it was the really light kind you can clear by waving your arms over it.

The photo is a cross-section of the apron.

I know y’all were waiting to hear. #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

A total of two hours but apron is cleared. Another 4 inches fell, but it was the really light kind you can clear by waving your arms over it.

The photo is a cross-section of the apron.

I know y’all were waiting to hear. #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

A total of two hours but apron is cleared. Another 4 inches fell, but it was the really light kind you can clear by waving your arms over it.

The photo is a cross-section of the apron.

I know y’all were waiting to hear. #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

Hour-plus to try to clear apron. 5 feet high compressed snow & ice. Looks like it will take as long to clear the apron as it did the entire driveway.

A guy down the street is using a sledgehammer on the ice wall of his apron. #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

Hour-plus to try to clear apron. 5 feet high compressed snow & ice. Looks like it will take as long to clear the apron as it did the entire driveway.

A guy down the street is using a sledgehammer on the ice wall of his apron. #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

Hour-plus to try to clear apron. 5 feet high compressed snow & ice. Looks like it will take as long to clear the apron as it did the entire driveway.

A guy down the street is using a sledgehammer on the ice wall of his apron. #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

Hour-plus to try to clear apron. 5 feet high compressed snow & ice. Looks like it will take as long to clear the apron as it did the entire driveway.

A guy down the street is using a sledgehammer on the ice wall of his apron. #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard

‘To the surprise and glee of the Korean guests, Mr. Campagna and his wife, who are both fans of Korean food, had all the necessary condiments on hand: mirin, soy sauce, Korean red pepper paste, sesame oil and chili flakes’ #BuffaloBlizzard #Snowstorm #NY #USA #Winter2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/nyregion/snow-storm-korean-tourists.html

‘To the surprise and glee of the Korean guests, Mr. Campagna and his wife, who are both fans of Korean food, had all the necessary condiments on hand: mirin, soy sauce, Korean red pepper paste, sesame oil and chili flakes’ #BuffaloBlizzard #Snowstorm #NY #USA #Winter2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/nyregion/snow-storm-korean-tourists.html

‘To the surprise and glee of the Korean guests, Mr. Campagna and his wife, who are both fans of Korean food, had all the necessary condiments on hand: mirin, soy sauce, Korean red pepper paste, sesame oil and chili flakes’ #BuffaloBlizzard #Snowstorm #NY #USA #Winter2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/nyregion/snow-storm-korean-tourists.html

‘To the surprise and glee of the Korean guests, Mr. Campagna and his wife, who are both fans of Korean food, had all the necessary condiments on hand: mirin, soy sauce, Korean red pepper paste, sesame oil and chili flakes’ #BuffaloBlizzard #Snowstorm #NY #USA #Winter2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/nyregion/snow-storm-korean-tourists.html

Seeing all these #BuffaloBlizzard videos of people opening doors to 4 feet of snow is telling me lots of landlords / homeowners not only have no idea what weatherstripping is, but apparently sills, proper jambs, sweeps, and even storm doors are optional. #Buffalo

Seeing all these #BuffaloBlizzard videos of people opening doors to 4 feet of snow is telling me lots of landlords / homeowners not only have no idea what weatherstripping is, but apparently sills, proper jambs, sweeps, and even storm doors are optional. #Buffalo

Seeing all these #BuffaloBlizzard videos of people opening doors to 4 feet of snow is telling me lots of landlords / homeowners not only have no idea what weatherstripping is, but apparently sills, proper jambs, sweeps, and even storm doors are optional. #Buffalo

Seeing all these #BuffaloBlizzard videos of people opening doors to 4 feet of snow is telling me lots of landlords / homeowners not only have no idea what weatherstripping is, but apparently sills, proper jambs, sweeps, and even storm doors are optional. #Buffalo

Western New York storm
So much snow on the ground, dark
Without power, despair

#buffaloblizzard #poweroutage #winterstorm #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/26/nyregion/blizzard-storm-snow-deaths.html

Maybe not so fast with the "Buffalo is one of the most segregated cities in America" takes. As it turns out, demographers can't make up their minds.
https://buffaloresearch.com/2022/06/12/segregated-cities/

#Buffalo
#buffaloblizzard
#BuffaloBlizzard2022

Maybe not so fast with the "Buffalo is one of the most segregated cities in America" takes. As it turns out, demographers can't make up their minds.
https://buffaloresearch.com/2022/06/12/segregated-cities/

#Buffalo
#buffaloblizzard
#BuffaloBlizzard2022

Accelerationist types think if they knock out the power, society will instantly descend into chaos and a race war will erupt. That's because they think other people are like them: violent racists who are aching for any opportunity to kill their neighbors who don't look like them.

Thankfully, most people are *not* like this. In a crisis, they come together and help each other. Like this: https://kolektiva.social/@igd_news/109579250275356846 #Buffalo #BuffaloBlizzard #kindness