As an old guy born and bred in the City of Buffalo and fortunate enough to survive every major storm since the mid-forties, this was the most frightening I experienced. Worse than the blizzard of 77 regarding duration, wind velocity, sub-zero chill factors, and resulting deaths. I say worse than 77 even though I was stuck in traffic during much of the 77 blizzard and never made it home until it subsided.

Homebound for 5 days I was fortunate not to have lost power. I don’t believe I would have survived without it. I was awed by emergency responders and workers who saved numerous lives; too often risking their own lives to save those foolish enough to have ignored the warnings and/or travel bans.

The following is an excellent report on what can happen to a region experienced in such events and a city with a reputation of: “Its Buffalo, they can handle it!” Winter has just begun, and we have already had 100 inches of snow.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bu...ly/ar-AA15IItM