Posted on 12/27/2022 12:21:12 PM PST by jimjohn
Prayers up
Just a few blocks over from Niagara St., at Grant and Ferry, there was a good deal of looting. And despite all of the Cameras the police put there a few years back to deter the rampant prostitution and drug dealers there—they just moved to the side streets.
Just imagine, rich people, politicians, and movie stars having to see our snow blowers and shovels on display near the street as they drive by my small hardware store.
We didn't notice anyone puking as they drove by our obvious middle class existence, but of course we weren't watching because we were busy doing our jobs.
The wind was the key factor this time. It just made a very light snow blow into a white whirlwind. I have friends that live in Basom. There were multiple abandoned vehicles in and around the Rt. 77 and Judge Road (Rt. 63) area. And then talked with someone from Penfield and they got a dusting - Rochester was spared the snow but not the wind.
I don’t miss driving in whiteouts - it’s no fun. I can remember driving from Arcade back north to Corfu one winter - just awful driving in near whiteouts on Rt. 77.
Just heard from a friend who lives near Albion. The Albion Walmart lost power for 1 1/2 days. She went into the store and it was completely empty of frozen foods, dairy except for a small amount of milk that just came in, and a few meat products. They tossed an incredible amount of food out she was told due to the power outage.
just came back from Wegmans in Niagara Falls.
I’d say stock was at about 30%.
story we got was re-supply trucks haven’t been been able to get out of the warehouse
I wrote my doctoral thesis in the furnished attic of the Asbury-Dekaware Methodist Church parsonage on Argyle Place. right near where Bidwell Parkway crosses Elmwood Avenue. Soldier’s Circle was maybe two or three minute walk away from it. That was in the winter of 1972-73. There were some pretty snowy winters in those days.
Later on, I spent four years on the Niagara Front, living in the Lewiston-Youngstown vicinity and working at my company’s plant on Buffalo Avenue of Niagara Falls, 1980-84.
This year’s snowfall is pretty heavy, but will last only a few days to briefly interrupt normal winter activity. As you well know, metmom.
I used to live over there and I bet NOBODY touched LaNova on West Ferry..
Some “black leaders” were lamenting the looting on the east side, warning residents the stores wouldn’t re-open.
This reminds me of when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans; many people never realized the poverty that existed there. I’ve been through Buffalo a few times, so this coverage doesn’t surprise me; it is very clear that rather than have people move on when jobs disappeared (as they did in the past), like other Rustbelt cities, the permanent underclass was simply paid to “shelter in place” for half a century without work.
LOL, that would be my bet as well?
I understand; many “poor” people by me drive much newer vehicles than I could ever afford - because I have to support my family AND theirs.
Watching clips from Buffalo, people should realize how far the gulf between working taxpayers and the permanent underclass has grown; the gibsmedats are blaming the government for their response to a serious storm, and accept no personal responsibility for themselves. They lament the lack of “warming centers” (a concept that didn’t even exist when I was younger) and the fact that emergency vehicles couldn’t respond pronto to every call - while those vehicles had to combat the same conditions that were stranding vehicles all over the city.
As I understand it, the woman who died in her car (who had lived in the south until a year before) was initially stuck about a six minute drive from her home - and then waited more than half a day before even thinking of venturing out (which she never did). She was filming stranded vehicles around her, and never exited her vehicle to speak to anyone in/with them; her family made it clear she (and they) expected emergency responders to fetch her. Sad, and troubling.
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