# Snowpocalypse '14-'15 - Now 13 Deaths **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 17, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107 "2014-11-17T03:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/441 "2014-11-20T07:00:06Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Back then they pretty much NEVER closed the highways. It was your responsibly to check how bad the weather was going to be and decide if you could make it or not. And we were doing that without smartphones and mobile internet That was then, this is now. People have the right to be pissed when they use our tax dollars to create this “great system” and it FAILS. Im not saying people arent responsible for themselves, they are. But when youre told there is a system to prevent this, and it doesnt work, people are going to get pissed. - - - Updated - - - > [@llink78](#): > > By noon ill be trying to get a few miles away to my brother in laws. He needs help clearing his roof on the house and garage. I hear the city is giving out $160 tickets. > Whats my over and under 🙂 Good luck man ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/442 "2014-11-20T07:15:21Z")
![http://bngalleries.s3.amazonaws.com/gallery-images/2014/11/19/big_thumbnail/105158%20Snowvember%20aerial%2330.jpg](http://bngalleries.s3.amazonaws.com/gallery-images/2014/11/19/big_thumbnail/105158%20Snowvember%20aerial%2330.jpg) ^ Really shows the problem with the thruway. If the trucks would stick to one lane getting it open wouldn’t take more than a few hours with some high lifts. Blast open one lane, use that lane to get the vehicles out. But no, lets run side by side so we have to extract one vehicle at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/443 "2014-11-20T07:23:23Z")
It’s poor and stupid people causing issues on side streets. Stupid slut in a Kia almost got stuck in front of my house, 8 of us digging gave her the finger telling her to get off the road and she ended up beached into a snow bank a block up from me. ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/444 "2014-11-20T07:25:43Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I’m the last person who wants to agree with Cuomo but he’s right. > > I spent all of my college years at Buffalo State having to travel 81 between Syracuse and Watertown to go home to visit family. That corridor is the big brother to our snow band. Back then they pretty much NEVER closed the highways. It was your responsibly to check how bad the weather was going to be and decide if you could make it or not. And we were doing that without smartphones and mobile internet. > > That said, they should have closed it earlier because people are too stupid to have any kind of personal responsibility. Long before the storm started NOAA issued the lake snow warning that said somewhere between Dunkirk and Amherst a heavy lake band was going to drop 3 feet or more. They didn’t know where exactly it would be but considering the bands always run perpendicular to the thruway it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that somewhere along it’s length it’s going to be impassable. Cuomo is just passing the buck. They failed to close the 90. Blame falls on both parties. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/445 "2014-11-20T07:37:05Z")
Cuomo needs a throat punch. I fucking can’t stand him. ---
**Author:** ![Bastinado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bastinado](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bastinado)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/446 "2014-11-20T07:38:06Z")
> [@08GT500](#): > > Cuomo is just passing the buck. They failed to close the 90. Blame falls on both parties. “they didn’t close it so its their fault I got stuck” What kind of sheep attitude is that? People need to take responsibility for their own actions. You got stuck, your fault. ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/447 "2014-11-20T07:44:43Z")
Monday night before it was even remotely bad, a sign of things to come: ![https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/15214040604_a97472d9fc_c.jpg](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7550/15214040604_a97472d9fc_c.jpg) 10’+ drift on the side of the house. I am standing on at least a foot of snow ON TOP of the BMW. ![https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7575/15835569442_6a6f9b0033_c.jpg](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7575/15835569442_6a6f9b0033_c.jpg) 2nd story window right there within reach: ![https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/15648583738_a4049f62ee_c.jpg](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/15648583738_a4049f62ee_c.jpg) ![https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/15835569092_d184ff67f9_c.jpg](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7559/15835569092_d184ff67f9_c.jpg) From inside the garage looking out: ![https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7462/15649164760_9d2d91688f_c.jpg](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7462/15649164760_9d2d91688f_c.jpg) It took me probably close to 2-3 snow blowing sessions on Tuesday to clear a path wide enough for one car to the street. Wednesday was much better as a front end loader cleared a small path on the street, but that was another hour of digging past the berm at the end of the driveway. I probably have close to 10 hours of snowblowing in since Monday. I have a video of our subdivision I will try to upload as well as more pics off my wife’s phone. 4’ minimum everywhere, the drifts are much higher in places. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/448 "2014-11-20T07:45:49Z")
two lane major highways are absurd ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/449 "2014-11-20T07:45:51Z")
> [@Bastinado](#): > > “they didn’t close it so its their fault I got stuck” > > What kind of sheep attitude is that? People need to take responsibility for their own actions. You got stuck, your fault. Hey cool guy, miss the part where I said blame falls on both parties? ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/450 "2014-11-20T07:47:49Z")
someone get rugsr a pitchfork, hes leading the angry mob looking to point a finger and blame someone. meanwhile, everyone else is all “shit happens, lets deal with it” ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/451 "2014-11-20T07:53:33Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > two lane major highways are absurd 5 lane major highways that are STILL DEAD FUCKING STOP EVERY DAY are absurd. I’d take the 90 any day after being out here for a year. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/452 "2014-11-20T07:55:08Z")
BBC article wonders why so many Americans die shoveling snow > **[Why do so many people die shovelling snow?](http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30119410)** > > Why not clearing the snow from your driveway might just save your life. ---
**Author:** ![Norb\_O](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/norb_o/32/5189_2.png) [@Norb\_O](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norb_O)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/453 "2014-11-20T08:03:02Z")
21st century evolution. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/454 "2014-11-20T08:22:40Z")
> [@maxwell](#): > > 5 lane major highways that are STILL DEAD FUCKING STOP EVERY DAY are absurd. I’d take the 90 any day after being out here for a year. 🖕 :xz: :oj: ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/455 "2014-11-20T08:49:10Z")
Roof collapses happening. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/456 "2014-11-20T09:09:01Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > Roof collapses happening. ☹ Hopefully I’m wrong but I bet this is just the start. Like you said, thaw plus additional rain…YIKES. ---
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/457 "2014-11-20T09:15:22Z")
> [@Geehee](#): > > looking to point a finger and blame someone People in charge should be held responsible. A system was created using tax payer dollars to prevent this correct? Yes Did the system work? No. The system failed soooo lets blame the people? If this is how it is where you work please get me an application. Sounds like fun. Another example of a “broken” alert system. The 290 has electronic signs letting people know how long the wait is at the bridges and to buckle up because its the law. The morning that the 190 closed, cops were steup to stop people from jumping on. This created a huge back up near the grand island bridge and water tower etc. Did any of those signs say the 190 was closed…no Did someone know prior to 7am that the 190 was going to be closed…yes Dont you think someone should have updated the signs letting people know this? Now, if the signs did say “190 closed, find another route” (like it did the next day) and people still tried to get on, then its the peoples fault ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/458 "2014-11-20T09:18:15Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > BBC article wonders why so many Americans die shoveling snow > > [http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30119410](http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30119410) Because most shovels are black with a tactically positioned grip. BAN THE SHOVELS! JK, the article has a great explanation for this phenomena. I also blame chicken wings, beer and 6 months of sedentary aiding weather. ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/459 "2014-11-20T09:29:09Z")
Day whatever this is…still no plow on my street. Crown Royal supply decreased by 75% This is getting serious. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107/460 "2014-11-20T09:29:24Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > Because most shovels are black with a tactically positioned grip. BAN THE SHOVELS! > > JK, the article has a great explanation for this phenomena. I also blame chicken wings, beer and 6 months of sedentary aiding weather. I went back to the gym about a month ago and am quite thankful. If I wasn’t conditioned both my stamina and muscles would have gave out after the 1st wave. My snowblower was basically a heavy ass shovel at first. Layers upon layers. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107.md?page=22) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/snowpocalypse-14-15-now-13-deaths/271107.md?page=24)