OCTOBER SNOW STORM OF 06 ALL SNOW RELATED POSTS GO HERE and ONLY here

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@BikerFry

And the people in NO could watch a special about famine and disease in Africa where there’s no hope, there was no isolated incident to run from, there was no warning, and the people had did not choose to live in a ticking time bomb and then they’d be pussies. There’s always someone who has it worse. That doesn’t mean that what we’re not in a bad situation. Just because you were in Buffalo when the snow started to fall doesn’t mean you have a clue. Obviously.

Yeah, it was snow in upstate NY. That’s not the problem. It’s the large amount of freakishly early snow that tore down trees that had been standing for 100+ years. It’s the inability to heat our homes. It’s the sewage pumps that stopped working and are under water. It’s the lack of potable water. It’s the ambulance I watched get stuck in the street in front of my house while transporting an old woman on oxygen. Its the people bailing water out of their basements for days straight trying to save the things they’ve worked hard for.

Sorry if your tax dollar goes to helping those in need for once rather than helping people abuse the welfare system and avoid contributing to society as usual. A lot of us cannot afford to have a $500 dollar generator just in case a once in a lifetime disaster happens with NO WARNING. You see, it wasn’t a lack of preparation. Saying that anyone who lives where it snows should have a generator is like saying everyone in NO should have had their own life boat. Don’t worry about your tax money. You’re demonstrating exactly why you’re not allowed to decide where it goes. Just because you’ll never have a time of need where the government will help you out doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t have government help. You’ll be fine. So will we.

Here’s the other thing. We’re not just up here sitting on our thumbs waiting to be saved. It’s neighbors helping each other clear the rubble. It’s the community members bringing hot coffee to those standing in line for a generator to give their families heat. It’s the neighborhood cheering for and sincerely appreciating the hard work of the electricians going above and beyond to restore their power. It’s the electricians working 24/7 through snow, wind, and rain to restore the Buffalo electrical infastructure. It’s all of us doing what we can to help each other get through this.

So on behalf of all of us in Buffalo who are banding together to get through what is more than a little snow and a couple of tree limbs and need a little government help, how about you STFU?

couldn’t have said it better myself