Why was the National Guard not deployed?
Good Question.
And there an outpost here. But other than traffic control, you can’t plow what you can’t see. And that was the case on Christmas Eve.
There is/was the question about conflicting reports coming from the city/county/state. If you read between the lines on my initial post, you’ll see I mentioned a city traffic band that I drove straight through, passing Buffalo’s finest while in route.
Yet at the same time, there are folks in the Erie County websites complaining about they can’t get diapers for their young because of the driving band. There were plenty of people in downtown driving or walking to the Tops supermarket on Niagara Street - if they could get off their own side street.
back in 1977, the City of Toronto sent snow melter trucks in to help. But the cold snap lasted longer than is expected in this one.
The highways are already cleared - some just not opened yet.