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  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.
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.