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  Airlift some MRE’s into Buffalo.
context: People always think people that prepare are crazy, till something like this happens and they don't even need to leave the house. >
  
  I don't think my neighbors who hold a few weeks of food in their basements are crazy; I think the neighbors who told me they had a list of other neighbors whose land they planned to annex when it 'hits the fan' are crazy >
  
  Jesus Christ. That's like the robot chicken joke of people getting snowed in for a couple hours and immediately turning to cannibalism
  You've got a few psycho neighbors >
  
  No unfortunately that’s a window into the future.  If people are starving all bets are off.  Everything humankind has built up is so fragile, it would only take a few weeks of starvation for our society to go completely upside down.  Law and order are illusions we provide ourselves to make an irrational world rational.  Never lose touch with the animals that reside in us all, be aware. >
  
  It's weired that this specific storm was so deadly while the city itself is used to huge snow storms. >
  
  4 ft is a LOT of snow. 
  I lived in Buffalo. It was 20+ years ago, but I don't think there have been big improvements in snow removal. Snow falls of 1 foot of snow or more slowed the city down. If it happened slow enough most things wouldn't close or the they would close early and/or open late, but not for the a whole day. Schools were the exception and they would close for a day or two. 
  I lived there for 2 snowfalls of about 3 ft. Schools closed for a week, the University closed for a couple of days. Everything closed for a day. Specific supermarkets and other essential places were the only things open on day 2.
  Now you are thinking 4ft is not that much more than 3, but it is. You start running out of places to put the snow. You have issues where you have to plow to the essential workers homes to get people to do the rest. 
  Other confounding factors can be: 
  
  
  How much snow did they have before? This can effect what they can do with the snow, how much deicing is available? 
  
  
  It's the holidays. Who is out of town and can't get back to help? Who can they not even get a hold of and so can't plan. How many non locals are around using resources and doing stupid things like driving in a blizzard (yeah local do that too). 
  
  
  Lake effect snow is very wet and heavy. It's harder to get move/carry than the powdery stuff. It also becomes ice very easily making it even harder to deal with and roads even worse.
  
  
  Continued bad weather (i don't know if this is the case). Everything is harder and more dangerous in cold weather. Ditto for wind.
  
  
  There could be other problems like Buffalo's budget didn't put enough in maintenance and essential equipment broke. We'll probably find out more in a few weeks or months. 
  Seriously though, 4 ft is an insane amount of snow. >
  
  The mayor was on TV yesterday and said the city was basically out of money. The mass shooting earlier this year required a huge amount of resources to manage all of the security, emergency services, legal costs, and so on. Not to mention the loss of business and tourism revenue. Now with the historic storm they just simply don't have enough resources to manage. >
  
  Buffalo has some of the lowest property taxes for any major city in the country. The mayor won't raise taxes because the real estate developers are in his pocket.  So the city crumbles. >
  
  And this is why you always have a few days worth of non perishable food in the back of the cupboard >
  
  Rice. Rice rice rice. Buy different sauces for your rice. Find different ways to cook your rice.
  Rice is a staple in these times. >
  
  And buy a cheap ass camping gas stove for when the electricity goes out if you have an electric range. >
  
  It's just a news article in a news subreddit. What are you on about? >
  
  Oh wow, I even replied to the wrong post. Ignore me. Lol. >
  
  I don't know how anyone does that, yet somehow I've done it too.