At Least 57 Dead As Residents Dig Out Of Devastating Blizzard
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2022
- At least 57 people have died from the brutal winter storm that buried everything in its path. Buffalo, New York, could be the hardest hit by the blizzard and might see even more snow. NBC’s Jesse Kirsch reports for TODAY.
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#buffalo #blizzard #weather
I live in NYC. It’s amazing how there was basically no snow here, while it was the worst blizzard in decades in the same state.
I’m in Albany and 2 inches lol
It's all lake effect snow
Political boundaries are not how weather works, snow off the Great Lakes is very localized. Same in places with mountains like California.
It's weird how it works out! I remember in November 2014 I lived in south buffalo and we had 7 feet of snow and my family in north buffalo still had green grass on their front lawns. And buffalo is tiny it's only a 6 Mile drive. It was the strangest thing ever. I had to tell everyone on that side of the city to stop texting me pictures without snow because I was going nuts trying to figure out how I was going to get a pack of cigarettes and 12 pack of beer after days and days of shoveling! Weather patterns are getting weirder and weirder as I get older.
yall are 600 miles away and really do not belong apart of our state.
Can’t lie. I’m in PA. Just walking to my car Christmas Eve…..I knew instantly that anyone who couldn’t get to shelter probably wasn’t gonna make it. And we didn’t even get snow. Add snow on top of that. Have people stuck stranded on the road. A lot of people riding around with less than a quarter tank of gas…it’s so sad.
If you know you’re gonna get bad snow, make sure you top up your tank. Especially if you have to drive in that weather. A few years back we got bad snow and I got into an accident on the bypass just when it was starting to snow….I was stranded for 8 hours on the off ramp because no tow trucks were willing to drive in it. It came quick and fierce. Be safe everyone! Don’t risk it!
Stay home….no?WTF these people doing out in this?
Felt the same here in Detroit. Didn’t even think about you folks, what you had to go through.
Top off your tank? Most people are struggling to put gas in their tank. You talking about topping off your tank. Lol lol
@@traviscrown9189 then don't go no where
@@traviscrown9189 Most people aren't struggling to fill up their gas tank. The percentage of people you are talking about is so much smaller than you want it to be.
I can only imagine how many homeless passed away …… 😔
Too bad you were more concerned with illegal immigrants
I care far more about the animals than I do those people...
There are more than enough ways to shelter yourself for the winter as a human being in America. You just have to put a slight bit of effort into it...animals on the other hand are just straight up victims to these things.
@@Wallychans wow most sociopathic thing I’ve read today.
@@Wallychans degenerate ideological view my friend. You are more concerned of an animal than that of your fellow man? Please. This is not the case for immediate family tho, is it? Check yourself. There are disabled people without immediate support. When their power goes out, and its -10 its a death and should be blamed on our shifty emergency response protocols across the city
@@joeybaby2505 You must have a problem reading, as nothing was mentioned about illegal immigrants.
I have been dealing with winters my entire life and experience tells me that blizzard fatalities are usually because you were stupid. You don’t go out and drive in a blizzard. Stay in doors and wait it out. There is never a “need” to drive in a blizzard. NEVER!
When the weather channel says a blizzard is coming, buy food & water, and be prepared to stay inside, don’t travel and don’t be stupid.
Exactly thank you. But the MSM needs to push any weather events as being deadly to push the climate change agenda.
I'd agree if it wasn't for bills needing to be paid.
Don’t generalize sir. I worked in healthcare for decades. I was stranded in a 2011 blizzard because my insensitive employers refused to let us close even when there was no patients and it’s not even an ER. I worked from the first day COVID19 was declared a pandemic. Many of us have to be there for others. The big corporations that dominate the healthcare sector have turned the professionals including your physicians and pharmacists into glorified well paid slaves.
some people don't have homes to stay inside of you know
U can play online now
OMG thank goodness for the kindness of strangers in the last story & the firefighters that saved that family!! my deepest condolences 💐 to ALL the people that were not saved & to their families…may they RIP!!
My heart and prayers go to all who lost their life and suffered from those horrible weather conditions 😢😢❤
When can we declare the constant looters enemies of the Union? Is, and I quote "lower than the lowest low." Not low enough?
I don’t think I would have died in that blizzard. I am strong and as tough as nails, a little snow and ice can’t stop me. Christina, they just don’t make strong men like me anymore babe.
@@eliwol3789 Wow,!! I love me , who do you love tough guy? I live with an ex-Green Beret, and his friends are always around. Want to see tough guys? 1 night in the woods with these guys and you,ll be crying for mommy!
Mr Choi is a sweetheart. What a beautiful thing to say. I’m praying for all affected. Stay safe.
the worst part is there’s some people we won’t know about until this thaws out. stay inside and stock up when you hear a storm is coming your way. ask your neighbors for help if you have too they will be happy to help you I promise.
My sincere condolences to every family who lost somebody in this terrible storm.
Don’t forget the people that had to see deceased bodies for the first time 😕
Imagine how many homeless who died in this Storm
Tell us , how many and that's not my problem.
@@jimbeam2705 It might not be your problem, but you have problems.
@@tyrannywatch974 his problems are not my problems forget him. I've seen homeless with more character than that moron
@@jimbeam2705 ur in great pain Jim life has screwd u over. Not my problem
And Nicholas yea the storm us not the murder that killed them the murderers were whoever evicted those homeless in the first place
May they who have lost their lives RIP😢
So Happy the family survived ❤😊 Thank you to those Fireman❤😊
Idiots took their children out in it when told not to.
They need a visit from CPS.
I hate shoveling snow whenever it’s this bad, when I was a kid we had to shovel it every 6-12 hours to clear driveway and be able to leave the house. I remember once we forgot one night and the next morning the door couldn’t open because of snow outside
Yup, lived in snow country for many years, after I retired, I got out of there, did not like pushing my snow blower up hill on a long steep driveway to get to work, and once I got home to it bermed up after the snowplow went through while I was gone. Snow is vastly overrated.
It’s like we live in different countries. Lounging in the sun in 80 degree weather in the southwest while this happens.
Yeah people love to trash talk California but it was 80 degrees with only a low of 50 yesterday. Be grateful it's a very essential state to function of the U.S. Food alone. Well over 50% of the US food supply is grown there because of the weather.
@@sh0cktim3 yes, because people didn't just recently die from an earthquake and some wild fires
yup, nice here in sunny AZ, will be about 70 today and a little breeze. When weather sucks everywhere else we have warm weather, sometimes too warm, but being from Lake Tahoe, several years ago, I'll take snow on the distant mountains visible from our pool and spa, which my wife soaked in last night. Benefits of "global warming" we've had here in the SW for a long time now!! LOL ;D
@@Ryan-wx1bi Not here in AZ ;) No major natural disasters.
@@sh0cktim3 they trash talk it because it's a leaky, cancerous growth on the nation, not because it's warm most of the year.
I'm from New York, and while I feel for these people you'll notice the news readers never ask them why they were out on the roads. The usual answer is work: their 'boss' wouldn't let them have off, and likely they have little to no PTO to use. Welcome to America.
😥
You could go work in China or Venezuela. I'm sure the working conditions are better there. Unfortunately people died because they took a risk they shouldn't have.
Pretty big assumption
@@davidbrock4104 I lived in NY for forty years. It's not an assumption. I remember having to drive home during Sandy because my office refused to close early and made it clear anyone who left early would face consequences.
@@rogerarchibald2627 yeah, that's the only alternative, I'm sure...
The amount of deaths there is awful. My heart hurts for those that didn't make it through this, as well as their family members left to mourn.
This is saddening 😢 my condolences to those innocent souls RIP
I'm in FL where we get hurticanes....I don't know what to think. That snowstorm looks frightening to be possibly frozen to death. My prayers of help to the family members who lost someone.😔
I live in Az now but have been in cold and snow country, I'll take our millions and millions of rattle snakes and very hot weather any day, opposed to being so snow bound that you can't move, and if you do you die. ;D
My goodness, I hope that all are as safe as they can be up there in Buffalo... Praying for you guys 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
That's why I'm moving to FL next week F New York.
Lol because hurricanes are so much better. K. 🙄
Good luck with your hurricanes and Alligators 🤣
Hope you like the heat ,rain, alligators,and hurricanes😀
@@pamelaibarra790 Hurricanes arent that bad, except for the very rare cat 4 or 5. Otherwise great weather all day everyday. I don't miss Mass/Connecticut at all.
Well, Florida has a competent governor so that’s a great move.
Rest In Peace. Had no idea people died 🫤😪 I worked during Saturday Sunday
Just one more reason why I thank God I moved away from that area many years ago !
This shows how little the state and the fed are helping citizens overcome difficulties imposed by tragedy.
Not really their responsibility.
State and federal officials historically have ignored or denied climate change.
@@blakethegreatone2058 neither are the illegals, but they are being taken care of better than Americans
Maybe they should put a Ukrainian flag, maybe then would the government send in a couple of billion dollars....
@@blakethegreatone2058 that’s literally the role of the government. To protect its citizens rights and freedoms and make sure they are safe
May God bless those family's with this tragic storm. rip..God bless the homeless...stay safe stay 🏡🏡🏡🏡
I'm thankful that we have not got that snow yet in the DMV but RIP to the ones that lost there lives.
Hochul looks like a wax statue in Madame Tussaud’s
How did it come to this? why wasn't the city prepared? did they not tell the residents? seems like so many people got trapped in their cars on the way home from work or other places which makes me think they didn't know how bad it was going to be. this is so heartbreaking. why aren't the national guards there? just seems like people should be going there to help like they do with hurricane and tornado victims
The national guard is there. They were warned but because it's snows there so much many didn't realize how bad it would be and treated it like any other snow storm.
@@annzeeg4217 but all of the businesses were open. so seems like the city officials didn't communicate the severity properly
God Bless those firefighters. Sorry people lost their lives 😢
Why hasn't god deity done anything to help? Why has it never helped? Is it on vacation for an eternity? 😶
Ya, it looks like he passed on the “blessing”.
@@alphaomega1351 That's just the way it is, that's just the way thing's are
@@alphaomega1351 Gave USA an installed, alzheimer's ridden, International Weakling and Laughingstock as Resident
@@alphaomega1351 God created nature as its own force long before there was any life on Earth. God lets nature continue to be the force it has always been. Unfortunately, people and this force sometimes cross each other's paths with disasterous results. Why is that God's fault?
So very sad that 57 innocent people died :(
People must stay home in this weather despite the holiday. RIP all who have passed. Very sad. 💕
Praying for Buffalo. And I agree that those who loot are the lowest of the low
Cold , unforgiving Mother Nature 😢
What a big deal?! In Russia we have winter storms like this and even WORSE on a regular basis, and not just survive but live with it in harmony.
Americans are too worried about 300 genders, teaching about abortion and grooming kids.
For the region this storm was extreme, worst ever recorded
I feel this same way where I live.
Uh ... That's the point? You can't be that dumb. If weather hits that you AREN'T used to then it's going to hit harder then those used to it. Man... Education has really failed some people
Everyone, get your neighbor’s contacts. Check in on them occasionally, especially in times like these. They’ll do the same for you.
Worst case, you get some good cooking out of it.
Not all neighbors
LOL 😂, your neighbors don't care one bit about you. LOL 😂
Good cooking ha, reminds me of four days snowed in in Tahoe area, with power failure, years ago. The back snow-covered deck was the fridge, and the wood stove was the oven, roasted a chicken in a pan near the open door, of a wood fire, pretty good eats!! LOL
This storm was on the news 4 days before it even hit. Why were people in the road? You wouldn't be driving around Florida in a hurricane.
No , I live in Florida, yet people still stay in their homes when told to leave and then wonder why people die or need to be rescued.
Who watches the news anymore? I'm in my 40s and haven't watched the news in years.
@@jessigirlrae1688 I'm sure you have a favorite weather app or webpage.
Imagine how more would die if we switched to renewable energy
Then shaming people because their electric went out.
@@Jimm7676 then telling people that the grid can't accommodate electric vehicles
May The Lord watch over those enduring this devastating snow storm.
May this country repent and turn back to God!
thank god for all those people that helped others
Too bad no one had any warnings. Forty years of lowering standards for education? Here you go.
God bless the families
That’s crazy!!! Massachusetts didn’t even get snow yet and prayers to everyone!!
New englanders wiping the sweat off our brows, its 60° and raining here....
The looting is not real btw
NY is a state of emergency
*degeneracy
Fixed it
Why does winter always come as emergency??!!
Prayers for these poor folks.
Why
People should try to THINK . It's an amazing phenomenon .
What happened to global warming
Global warming means extreme weather disasters, extremely hot summers, brutal winters, deadlier hurricanes, etc. If you had anything past a 9th grade education you’d know that
Are you in elementary school? Global warming leads to unpredictable changes in weather patterns, not to warmer temperatures everywhere, all the time.
I don’t understand why people don’t take heed, it was all on the weather and news, radio s for people not to get out in this weather. They kept saying it’s going to be the worst weather we have seen in years.
It’s so sad and heart breaking to see so many passed. Praying for Comfort for the families of lost loved ones.
Prayers from Los Angeles CA.
I wouldn't call such people the lowest of the low. Stealing doesn't make people that. Besides does the mayor not understand self preservation?
This is so sad! I’m only a few hours from here. Sending prayers during this difficult time. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Lol, virtue signal points awarded! 🏆
I’m sorry, you’re “prayers” aren’t doing ANYTHING for them right now…..AT ALL.
What a lazy, cowardice thing to say.
It's called WINTER and comes every year.
Unexpectedly for officials, winter has come
Looks like Rexburg, Id. in the 80s. It’s sad that so many were caught in the danger.
Buffalo is called City of Good Neighbors for a reason
Feminism goes out the window when something tough happens.
😂 True
Looting what a shock.
Crazy that when they found 48 immigrants in a truck burned alive from heat after being smuggled over here there was no state of emergency
Saying people died during a blizzard is a lot different than saying they died from the blizzard, which is what they’re trying to make you believe happened
Either way. Guaranteed the blizzard was a direct or indirect cause of many people dying. Even if it was a old person trapped in their home unable to get medication.
Most died from lack of common sense. It's amazing how people act like people aren't going to die. People die in car accidents even on sunny warm days.
Let me guess, it’s Trumps fault.
God's wrath perhaps for starting wars worldwide and profiting from it.
That’s crazy 😢 praying for the victims and their families
Didn’t love him calling looters the lowest of the low.
And it’s gonna be in the 50’s next week, all this snows gonna be gone like it never happened
Minnesota here we hit hard with snow too, it's common sense don't go outside stay put till the storm past. I think some people just think they are invincible
I’m a state neighbor. Yes to everything you just said. Stay TF home if it’s like this. It’s not that hard and I don’t feel bad for those who thought “I can handle this.” No, you can’t. Mother Nature always wins.
I lived in Buffalo for a year it going to take months for all that snow to melt.
Temperatures are supposed to be in the 40, 50s with rain so that should help
How can someone sell a home that isn't thiers and they never told them to
It’s called winter.
Be prepared
We've known this storm was coming for several months by watching the polar vortex, everyone should have been well prepared.
75 here in Phoenix
Want a cracker?
yup, same down here in Oro Valley, hope you had a nice Christmas and have a happy warm new year, but please just shut up about our "winter weather" down here!! We have enough f'ing "snowbirds" from the G.D. east and north already! LOL ;D
if we can give billions to countries why cant buildings with heat food and drinks be open for the ppl who need it
Buffalo got completely destroyed by this blizzard, we definitely got it far worse than any other place
Why were people still out in the streets? I asked the same thing every time it floods here in Houston people are always found dead in their cars. What is wrong with people
Darwin at work I guess!
People need to learn basic prepping skills but of course media has done a good job of making preppers look crazy
I'm a prepper. Guns, ammo, food,water,gold,silver. People have become lazy and depend on others. But just as long as they have their cellphone in their hand 24/7/365 they are happy.
@@jimbeam2705 👍
Travel ban!? I know it's life and death with brutal conditions and but they can't ban you from leaving your home to seek better shelter to survive.
What a horrible way to die
frozen in your car
“Thoughts and prayers”
Yes, that will definitely keep people alive during a cold winter
Paying the government more money will change the weather
Like cake in a crisis.
@@user-vo4on3qk9j they are the ones who are capable of controlling it.! And not necessarily for good.! H.A.A.R.P.
@@jasonnisi1602 no need for haarp with autonomous aircraft
Your comment is definitely going to keep me heated throughout the winter 😡
Only if New York wasn’t morons and prepared for a storm we knew was gonna be bad for a week
Exactly. It's not the governments job to save citizens from weather they have known about.
No one ever accused liberals of being smart. 🤷
I was following up ur news & it’s was reported that cold will hit hard! Get prepared & stay home!
So sad man
I'm from Wisconsin. Got trapped in Buffalo area in some town called Tippancanoe or something like that. Man. Listen. I've seen some sh9t in Wisconsin when it comes to cold and snow, I really have
But this sh9t I went through was crazy. I never saw anything like it.
In your vehicles always have before winter: Small snow shovel... tire chains .... tow rope .... warm blanket or quilt.... short term source of heat ie: small Coleman heater... trail mix.... a good knife... a good flashlight... warm gloves.... extra coat(s)... winter boots. I know it sounds like a lot...and it is.. but I grew up in snow country and you ALWAYS prepare for the worse. At home... have good food storage... have a gas powered generator, you can plug into your homes electrical grid. Have extra gasoline hidden in your backyard. And keep your bible handy and your prayers plentiful.
We do this in my family. 🙌 someone else was brought up right! Props my mans
MOST OF THEM WERE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS…… GOVERNMENT OR STATES SHOULD OF OPEN SHELTERS IN PLACE FOR THIS
Yeah. They dropped the ball on the homeless on purpose.
No, most were not homeless people. I don’t think any of them were. Too cold for 5 months out of the year for homeless people. Some in shelters.
@@Kattaz0309 Than you never been upstate cuz wen I went to school up their mad homeless people
@@CLIP_WRLD1
Is this English? Seriously, I don’t even know what you are trying to say. Also, Buffalo is in Western New York, not Upstate New York.
@@Kattaz0309 OMG… I’m so educated because I can properly use grammar and punctuation towards my critique for other peoples comments on UA-cam……. Living in your own fantasy, if you think these were not homeless people that lost their lives during that blizzard!
I'm in central Florida and At&t internet is down, and we weren't even effected really. Madness
Sending love from Syracuse 🧡💙
Disgusting looting in a blizzard. Some people are just sick !
Looks like just grocery stores were looted. If I was struggling financially and in a dangerous situation, I’d steal food too
People have to go shopping . It's not their fault the stores where closed lol
Pray for those who are heavily affected by this
Lol, virtue signal points awarded! 🏆
I’m sorry, you’re “prayers” aren’t doing ANYTHING for them right now…..AT ALL.
What a lazy, cowardice thing to say.
Prayers an im praying.for the lost an frozen
Im so sorry 🙏 piece an healing your way from vermont
How are people looting in a snow storm!? 🙄🤷🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
NY is a brand. We loot during storms and vote for Kathy.
If 9/11 happened again to New York idk if I'd feel bad like I did the first time now you got groomers liberals and drag queens
Thank God for our First Responders whose lives were in peril trying to serve the public.
These are the hero’s that faced defunding, violence, and threats.
No one has ever suggested defunding the fire departments. They're ACTUAL heroes. Fire fighters and EMT's actually serve and protect the people in their community. They're for the most part nice, humble people who are happy to help others. You can see in the photos how happy they were to be able to save that family.
@@brittanydavis2730 Firefighters are restricted from responding to certain calls without police protection. My brother a firefighter was attacked because he was in uniform and the fire house was vandalized in response to the BLM rioting.
God bless everyone
My goodness. 🙏🏽
This is so sad.
1:01 the government are the ones who are the worst of the worst especially when they’ve been able to decrease the damage of these storms since before the Korean War not to mention what if the people who were looting were starving and didn’t have anything back home
I was thinking the same thing. "Let's take everything away from our citizens and scoff at them when they need to steal from multi billion dollar companies for survival. We had 63 people die during this storm but SHAME on these people for doing what they have to do to survive. Now excuse me, I need to wrap up this story so I can celebrate Christmas on the Maldives."
What a load of crap you are pushing. You got plenty of warning this storm was coming yet you sir blame the authorities. Looting is fine with you? Wheres your house?
Last I checked a thief can't eat a big screen TV.!
Them: people are doing everything they can to survive, it’s brutal out there!
Also them 2 seconds later: people who are looting are the lowest of the lowest scum!
They actually took food too, what was the big deal
Why are you pretending looting is important to their survival?
@@TheEd0205 food, drinkable water is a necessity. Looting tvs and other non-essentials is ridiculous but I’m specifically saying that I think it’s okay if people loot things necessary for survival.
Them: a blizzard is coming. Why prepare and buy extra? We’ve got enough.
Blizzard happens and things go south.
Them: let’s go rob the shelves of the stores for all our needs because we didn’t prepare and now we need stuff and because no electricity, they have no security cameras to know it’s us! GO GO GO!!!
You guys know you don’t have to live where it’s freezing right? Or where it’s flooding, or hurricaning, or tornadoing, or earthquaking, or forest fireing. There’s a reason the US took the Southwestern states from Mexico. Take advantage of it!
I don’t wanna live in hot drought though.
Do you really want these idiots down there? Think about it.
Like Oklahoma? Tornado central? Or Texas? Where you get heat stroke and the whole place shuts down due to light ice? My parents live in those states... They aren't the rainbows you make them out to be
You are right you are right. I actually haven’t drank water in 3 days because of the drought here. I’m clearly dehydrated and losing my mind. Don’t move here. It sucks so much.
Yeah, but what about the homeless?
They moved.
They likely suffered.
@@johndingle6293 hopefully
Why are you out in your car during a massive blizzard, thats the better question... This sort of seems like natural selection.
Oh my gosh this is devastating this is horrible these poor people freezing cold out it’s just so sad terrible prayers for those in the terrible weather I pray help for the people😩😪🙏
Oh shut up
I hope they all went into shock and had no pain.
Why were they in their cars during a whiteout? Hey its being reported that the storm of the generation is happening, let's go for a drive, let's go visit some friends. Let's put not only ourselves at risk, let's risk the lives of our responders lives.
It was the vampires man.