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  Many houses do not have power and people are trying to get to the safety of a community shelter.
context: 31 deaths is crazy… stay safe out there! >
  
  I'm in Ohio and had to be the bad guy to my in-laws by saying we weren't coming to Christmas Eve, then they called the next day and said it took them an hour to drive 10 minutes home from the dinner we skipped and how dangerous it was.  
  Some people gotta touch an oven to see if it's hot when you tell them ¯⁠\⁠⁠ಠ⁠⁠ಠ⁠_⁠/⁠¯ >
  
  Also in Ohio. Called out of work the day of the storm even though it was only a 15 min drive away. Roads were still not cleared fully 2 days later. >
  
  I called out on Friday, I do not like my job enough to risk my life for it, especially during the holiday rush. >
  
  Don't get me wrong. My job is great and it pays well. But money is money and it'll cost a lot more for my loved ones to arrange my funeral than it would for me to miss a day of work. >
  
  I’m in BC where we got hit pretty bad last week, and my ethos was, “I get paid less in a day than my car insurance deductible costs” >
  
  Haha I’m gonna remember this >
  
  Emergency services were turned off for 2 days during the storm. The city was completely inaccessible so if you get into an accident you're on your own. My street (a main street in the heart of the west side) had a snow drift as high a stoplight blocking all access. Down the way was an abandoned semitruck blocking the entire road as well as other abandoned cars sprinkled across the landscape completely buried in snow. Trees fallen everywhere too. The whole city was like this.
  I knew it was going to be bad but this one was BAD >
  
  You’ve been hit hard twice and it’s only December. Do you think about moving?  Just curious. I live in Maine but come from Rochester NY and I don’t think I could deal with that level of disaster anymore. >
  
  Grew up in Rochester as well, moved to Southern Louisiana to get away from the snow. In the 90's I got cuaght several times on the stretch of 90 between Buffalo and Erie and wasn't sure I'd make it home. The snow through there is crazy, I would just follow a semi at a distance and if he went off the road I knew to stop. >
  
  driving around with Semi-traction can be a bit dangerous sometimes. >
  
  If they've got a full load they do better than cars and have more experienced drivers so I follow them too. But with an empty trailer they're screwed in high winds. I was thinking of passing one in Chicago snowstorm but the back drifted just a bit so I slowed down and kept back. Sure enough a few minutes later a gust caught him and the trailer swung across a couple lanes and almost jackknifed. Driver did a great job of getting it straightened back out so kudos to him! That was a long ass stressful drive back home though. I was exhausted. >
  
  This is why people would rush to the store to buy up things like eggs, bread, milk, butter, TP, paper towels, etc... Sure people always panic when it's just a little snow but overall, these types of storms are why. >
  
  Also why it's good to have some canned/dried goods.  I keep about 4-5 days worth of soups, canned goods, rice, ramen, clean it out every once in a while if it doesn't get used.  It's not costly either, that stuff is fairly cheap.  
  But man, this is pretty crazy.  I think the most I've ever been trapped (no driving ban, just felt safe to leave) was 3 days in 2010 for "Snowmaggedon", these poor folks are almost going on a week. >
  
  You keep 4-5 days worth?... I feel like I may be a hoarder if 4-5 days is considered a good amount. >
  
  4-5 days worth of food is nothing. I live in Louisiana and that’s the bare minimum in my opinion. >
  
  I'm pretty sure we have a month's worth of food all combined. Lots of dried beans and rice too. For me, it's to be prepared, and because of the poverty I've experienced, where all my food was from the food bank. >
  
  That's very smart. Dried beans and rice are heaven when you have ZERO access. People don't understand that. it's not about what you want to eat in a disaster, its about eating high caloric/protein meals and staying adequately 'full', or, at the very least, having enough food to have some energy output. >
  
  Another thing is maintaining a more positive mental state. When you don't meet the daily nutritive threshold it can mess with your head. Bad thought loops are the last thing you need in a natural disaster. >
  
  This is 100 why I keep 'mental health food' in my pantry. A chocolate bar. Liquid IVs. Canned fruit. Stuff I know will boost me when I'm low. It helped so much during Ida. >
  
  Every business that stayed open and didn't give their employees the option to stay home should be prosecuted. These people would t have been out in this if it wasn't for fear of losing their jobs. It's disgusting. >
  
  Too bad our elected officials don't represent their constituents' interests. Or rather they consider the businesses their constuents, rather than the voters. >
  
  
  Or rather they consider the businesses their constituents, rather than the voters.
  
  Conservatives make no secret at all about this, and their voters are very straightforward about valuing business owners over regular people. >
  
  It's not just conservatives, sadly. Both parties represent corporations over human beings. >
  
  True, but conservatives have turned the "small business owner" into an identity that they leverage against anybody who might need any sort of govt protections; the narrative is always that JimBob's Tire Emporium will go under if he has to pay over $8/hour or offer insurance. They all see themselves as JimBob. It's a really good trick.
  Dems are for sure corrupt and support a lot of corporate agenda items but they campaign on individual wage and debt issues and do actually pass legislation. They're less psychopathic. >
  
  And yet conservative's talk about small business that way, but vote every damn time to make sure that larger companies get advantages - and those small businesses fail. >
  
  So do Dems. Follow the money, both parties are propped up by the foulest industries and that isn't even considering dark money and super PACS. >
  
  I do, but I also look at the voting records. We need to get more people to run under "Working Families"that arent just "better than the worse" of the democrats. >
  
  One wonders if there is a list of missing people and if so, how long the list is >
  
  I saw a fucked up video of people coming across someone frozen on the ground. >
  
  That's cold asf >
  
  Yeah both what they were saying and acting and the fact the person froze to death. >
  
  I once slept outside in 5 to 10 degree weather, I hope all the homeless got somewhere warm. >
  
  jesus, that's a lot of fucking snow 
  looking at that i'm having a mild ptsd from the four straight days of shoveling/blowing last week here in northern WI >
  
  Hi fellow Northwoods resident!
  The blow snow is the worst part. Stupid snow drifts. 
  Although. My subdivision went from an open field to a street full of houses this summer. So the drifting is down considerably. >
  
  Wyoming enters the chat Someone talking about snowdrifts? The jackalopes have it tough this year. >
  
  Jesus I saw that Cheyenne dropped 32 degrees in temp in 10 minutes.  That is seriously insane weather. >
  
  It was awesome! 
  Day after tomorrow quotes for a week! 
  We never lost power so it was a win. What's funny is that it was around 25 this morning. Still wearing short sleeve shirts after the last frost. It was crazy! Hope y'all are safe. >
  
  Lowes doesn't care. Still forcing employees to come in >
  
  I recently learned from a former Lowe’s employee that they have some sort of agreement with the government to be considered essential so that people and emergency services can get generators and equipment from them >
  
  "Poloncarz, a Democrat, called the blizzard "the worst storm probably in our lifetime," even for an area known for heavy snow. More bodies are expected to be found as the snow is cleared or melts." 
  Wtf does their political affiliation have to do with anything? 
  "Jeff here, who loves cheese, was devastated when his wife was unable to be rescued from her car". >
  
  I would argue that whether or not someone likes cheese is much more important information than their political affiliation in situations like these.
  Can't trust a person who doesn't like cheese. >
  
  Remenber: whatever out there isn't worth your life >
  
  Well said, just chill at your home safely till the storm reduces