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Buffalo driving ban: Military police to keep people off snow-choked roads following blizzard
https://www.silive.com ^ | Dec. 27, 2022 | Ape Pee

Posted on 12/27/2022 3:58:03 PM PST by Enterprise

BUFFALO, N.Y. — State and military police were sent Tuesday to keep people off Buffalo’s snow-choked roads, and officials kept counting fatalities three days after western New York’s deadliest storm in at least two generations.

Even as suburban roads and most major highways in the area reopened, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz warned that police would be stationed at entrances to Buffalo and at major intersections because some drivers were flouting a ban on driving within New York’s second-most populous city.

More than 30 people are reported to have died in the region, officials said, including seven storm-related deaths announced Tuesday by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown’s office. The toll surpasses that of the historic Blizzard of 1977, blamed for killing as many as 29 people in an area known for harsh winter weather.

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
1 posted on 12/27/2022 3:58:03 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

A few more military people in looting-prone areas would have helped also.


2 posted on 12/27/2022 4:00:38 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Enterprise

The governor hasn’t called out the national guard BEFORE?!


3 posted on 12/27/2022 4:00:57 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Enterprise

If it had been a republican mayor or governor who deliberately shut down emergency services and let stranded travelers die in their vehicles it would be a national outrage. But it’s democrats so no biggie.


4 posted on 12/27/2022 4:04:24 PM PST by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: Enterprise

since when do we police snow storms


5 posted on 12/27/2022 4:06:18 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Enterprise

I don’t think you can get the seat belt around a Buffalo.

The official name for Buffalo is Joy Behar.


6 posted on 12/27/2022 4:09:51 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: Enterprise

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-12-27/biden-heading-to-us-virgin-islands-to-relax-between-holidays


7 posted on 12/27/2022 4:17:28 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau

Since NYS can’t hire enough plow drivers due to the vaxx mandate...?


8 posted on 12/27/2022 4:25:25 PM PST by mewzilla (We wwonder what percentage ofill never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Enterprise

Chicago had it’s biggest snow storm in 67.

Power didn’t go out (Back when common sense ruled.) and neighbors grouped together to fix things.

We, the whole neighborhood, ran out of food.

The Dad’s in the neighborhood shoveled us out. Went to the the elderly in our neighborhood got their grocery list.

Grabbed all their kids sleds and walked miles to the grocery store to restock our food.

My Dad set this whole thing up. Never been prouder that I knew some one so kind.


9 posted on 12/27/2022 4:30:54 PM PST by lizma2
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To: Enterprise

Does using the military violate the Posse Comitatus act?


10 posted on 12/27/2022 4:32:41 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: Enterprise

A driving ban, but not a looting ban.


11 posted on 12/27/2022 4:58:49 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: Newtoidaho
If it had been a republican mayor or governor who deliberately shut down emergency services and let stranded travelers die in their vehicles it would be a national outrage. But it’s democrats so no biggie.

Democrats, the party of death.

Their bloodlust will never be sated.

12 posted on 12/27/2022 5:01:23 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Enterprise

Won’t work not with all the ‘Doorbuster’ ceralance sales going at present! Prices so low stuff is flying out the doors and windows! Everything is a STEAL!


13 posted on 12/27/2022 5:41:02 PM PST by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: Enterprise

Don’t be confused by how ABC wrote the article. The military they are using is Nation Guard, not the regular military. The regular military cannot be used for state law enforcement.

wy69


14 posted on 12/27/2022 5:42:01 PM PST by whitney69
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To: Enterprise
Metro Buffalo has about 1.5 million people.

29 have died.

That's about .001933% of the population. Just to put it in perspective.

15 posted on 12/27/2022 5:45:02 PM PST by SamAdams76 (4,762,307 | Truth Social | 87,863,616 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
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To: Enterprise

I thought the Buffalo Driving Ban would be in Yellowstone.


16 posted on 12/27/2022 5:46:50 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: the OlLine Rebel

A driving ban, but not a looting ban.
= = =

So, slide that garbage can full of Heineken over the snow, no problem.


17 posted on 12/27/2022 5:48:15 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Enterprise

Has martial law been declared? If not, what authority gives the military the right to deny the rights of citizens. What about Posse Comitatus? Doesn’t that expressly prohibit the military from supporting local law enforcement unless authorized by law?


18 posted on 12/27/2022 5:51:09 PM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: lizma2

Very good story....and, memory... of a better time.


19 posted on 12/27/2022 5:51:22 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 of day. )
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To: Scrambler Bob

The record snow/ice doesn’t seem to be stopping the looter guys/gals, unfortunately.


20 posted on 12/27/2022 5:52:27 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 of day. )
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