RT @SenatorOrtt
One thing is for certain after #BuffaloBlizzard2022 – banning reliable, affordable sources of energy is a reality our state, and our residents, simply cannot afford at this time.

An “all-electric” grid powered by fickle energy sources would’ve made this an even bigger disaster.

I'd just like everyone to know that Buffalo has had a thaw ever since the Christmas blizzard ended, all of the snow is gone, and I biked to work today in 38F temperatures.

#BuffaloBlizzard2022

25 Heartwarming Stories From The Buffalo Christmas Blizzard https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/31/2144317/-25-Heartwarming-Stories-From-The-Buffalo-Christmas-Blizzard #BuffaloNY #BuffaloBlizzard2022 #christmas #gratitude

I once again present this petition for municipal sidewalk snow clearing in Buffalo. As of right now, we're at 978 signatures, can we get it over 1000?
https://www.change.org/p/needed-municipal-sidewalk-snow-removal-in-buffalo-ny

#BuffaloNY
#BuffaloBlizzard2022 #BuffaloStorm2022

The lake-effect snow that hit #Buffalo produced very localized heavy snow concentrated NE of Lake Erie such that areas to the NW and SE had little to no snow by 29 Dec as seen by #Sentinel2 🛰️. #BuffaloBlizzard2022 #Buffalosnowstorm

For Buffalo's elected and de-facto authorities, the City of Good neighbors slogan is an excuse to avoid making needed community investments.

You don't need that. You have your neighbors.

The problem is, these "authorities" are not good neighbors.

#BuffaloBlizzard2022

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in #Buffalo hasn't made the BPD any more empathetic.

On Sunday, community organizer Cariol Horn was assaulted by a BPD officer and arrested for disorderly conduct, obstruction of justice, and harassment after she advocated for the rights of suspects detained for looting.

Horne was fired from the BPD in 2006 after she physically stopped a fellow officer from choking out a handcuffed Black suspect.
#BuffaloBlizzard2022 #BuffaloBlizzard

https://youtu.be/224ZX-69sLs

RT @Dave_WX
Call it snow mountain! Buffalo’s biggest snow piles are located at the Outer Harbor! Trucks filled with snow lining up and dumping what’s left of the Buffalo Blizzard onto these huge piles! @weatherchannel @jamesspann @JaniceDean @NWSBUFFALO #BuffaloBlizzard2022 #buffalony

RT @WNY_M_A_UPN@twitter.com

🚨ATTEMPT TO LOCATE: 24-YEAR-OLD NELSON MENDOZA WAS LAST SEEN BY THE BUFFALO BUS STATION IN NOVEMBER 2022 PRIOR TO STORM ELLIOTT & HIS MOTHER RESIDING IN NYC WISHES TO CONFIRM HIS SAFETY🚨

#wnymissingperson #buffaloblizzard2022 #AttemptToLocate #TeamBuffalo #NY #HaveYouSeenMe

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/WNY_M_A_UPN/status/1608593145629147136

Unfortunately, while the CE and sheriff's office are walking back a harmful narrative (I can't believe I'm writing these words), the Mayor of Buffalo and BPD are doubling down.

"[The looting] is a problem. This isn't food."

Byron Brown was very adamant about this during yesterday's press conference. And also, none of this is his fault. He told people there would be weather!
https://fb.watch/hJQVgmNPbY/

#BuffaloBlizzard #BuffaloBlizzard2022

WNY is one of the most racially segregated regions in the USA.

White people make up 76% of the Erie County population but only 45% of the City of Buffalo population.

There are enormous disparities in infrastructure, social mobility, and power.

https://ppgbuffalo.org/buffalo-commons/library/resource:a-city-divided-a-brief-history-of-segregation-in-buffalo-1/

#BuffaloBlizzard #BuffaloBlizzard2022

Credit where credit is due: Poloncarz acknowledged that things went badly. "If you need to blame somebody, blame me."

They also tried to walk back the looting stuff and emphasized that there were good stories, too.

Walking back the "looting and chaos" narrative is good, and they seem to have done some reflecting on this. But a lot of damage was done and an apology isn't enough.

I think the bare minimum here is a meeting with community leaders.

#BuffaloBlizzard #BuffaloBlizzard2022

Authorities keep framing their response in the context of a "once-in-a-lifetime storm."

That may be true. But from what I understand, Amherst and the Northtowns got the worst of it.

Yet most of the deaths happened in the City of Buffalo.

No one wants to address the elephant in the room: the sharp contrast in fatality counts between the city and the suburbs.

#BuffaloBlizzard2022 #BuffaloBlizzard

The Erie County authorities are basically just running press conferences for the suburbs at this point. No one in the city is buying what they've been selling.

The TL;DR on their narrative:
Buffalo is full of irresponsible chaos-agents and the authorities are Heroes working very hard to save your ungrateful lives, but you're making their job very difficult with your non-compliant ways.

#BuffaloBlizzard2022 #BuffaloBlizzard

Here's a handy summary of the City of Buffalo's blizzard preparedness and leadership, courtesy of @torinrozzelle@twitter.com

Note how it all fits in one tweet.

https://twitter.com/torinrozzelle/status/1607468914241404928?t=oj_NY8Lrjc4RkXv9Ee-GDA&s=19

#BuffaloBlizzard2022 #BuffaloBlizzard

Here are ways you can support our neighbors in the Buffalo community impacted by the 2022 Blizzard.

https://www.buffalobills.com/community/blizzard-response #buffalony #buffalobills #buffaloblizzard2022

Well, I survived my commute into the city. Got to watch bulldozers and dump trucks work to make the road wider all day. That team was amazing! #BuffaloBlizzard2022

RT @WNY_M_A_UPN@twitter.com

🚨MISSING VULNERABLE ADULT: JOHNNY COOPERWOOD WAS LAST SEEN BEFORE BUFFALO BLIZZARD 2022 IN EAST/SOUTH BUFFALO, NY & FAMILY WISHES TO CONFIRM HIS WELL-BEING🚨

#wnymissingperson #TeamBuffalo #ny #buffaloblizzard2022 #AttemptToLocate #vulnerable #PleaseShare

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/WNY_M_A_UPN/status/1608211782392242176

Lots of outrage about looting in Buffalo, none about all of the people violating the driving ban. Wonder why that is.

#WindshieldBias
#BuffaloBlizzard2022
#Buffalo

"The body count, I think, is more than what they’re saying. If there’s live news crews to come to Buffalo, you should come, because now it’s about to get warm, where the snow is going to melt, and I am sure the body count is going to be up there. The city was ill-prepared, and they basically left people to die."

#CariolHorne

"#Buffalo, New York, is experiencing a Katrina moment after this weekend’s historic blizzard."

#BuffaloBlizzard2022 #SocialMurder #AusterityKills

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/28/buffalo_winter_storm_death_toll