Physically she’s OK. She’s mostly over her cold (again), too.
Yes, Buffalo gets a lot of this. And amidst the cries of “Why didn’t the government do any better to reduce the deaths?” are cries of “Why do you need government to tell you to stay home in a blizzard?”
Hopefully we’ll get a quote on the car repair today - which will include State Farm’s decision to repair or total it.
Even my kids who didn’t learn to drive in snow country, have lived through the Late Igor and I driving in snow country, and know enough about it to stay home when conditions are hazardous.
The first winter my daughter was in CO, I literally had to talk her through driving to work. She claims she couldn’t have made it without me, and I don’t know if that’s true or not, but she needed me and I did what I could, considering the distance between us.
Weather reporters don’t seem to have any idea of the seriousness of some of the blizzards that will be hitting us. To them, it’s just AI throwing possibilities of brightly colored areas onto their computer screens. The actual experience is beyond their ability to understand.
I hope your daughter is OK emotionally, as well as physically after this. The shock of an accident often lingers. Prayers up for her.