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  Wtf was the government supposed to do? Hurricane-like wind force, and 4+ feet of snow. It’s not like it was completely clear there either, Buffalo had gotten another huge snow storm not that long ago, and a little snow before this.
  That snow all has to go somewhere. they can’t just magically poof it away.
  I live in the capital region and I’ve seen constant streams of maintenance vehicles heading west over the past few days. There’s literally only so much that can be done. I just don’t understand what people expected. It’s not like Buffalo sat on its hands - they’re very prepared for blizzards. This was a (formerly) once in a generation type storm, one of the worst the city has ever seen. It’s not surprising it’s taking so long to clean up. It’s made worse by a bunch of morons who decided to ignore the travel ban, then got their cars stuck, blocking roads and making it hard for plows to clean up.
  The city is doing what it can.
context: I'm curious what was different about this storm.  Buffalo is used to feet of snow but this seems to have caught everything off-guard. >
  
  Two days of 40+ mph winds with gusts over 70. There were times Friday and Saturday that I couldn't see my neighbor's house, conditions were so bad.
  So, the whiteout conditions, coupled with abandoned cars blocking the roads, prevented the snowplows from keeping up with the snowfall.