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Hochul activates NY National Guard amid ‘epic snow event’
The hill ^ | 11/19/2022 | Jared Gans

Posted on 11/19/2022 11:38:23 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) activated the National Guard to assist with the state and local response to an “epic snow event” that dumped more than five feet of snow on some areas near Buffalo.

Hochul told the Buffalo-based NBC affiliate WGRZ on Saturday that she has deployed more than 70 National Guardsmen to help remove snow to the areas south of Buffalo, which have seen the largest amounts of accumulation.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: epic; hochul; nationalguard; snow
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I think the local municipality is going to handle this. She just wants to look like a hero. 🙄
1 posted on 11/19/2022 11:38:23 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Tin-pot tyrants gotta strut their tin pots.


2 posted on 11/19/2022 11:39:51 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://www.dvidshub.net/image/6970336/air-national-guard-heavy-equipment-operators-remove-snow

Looks like they do know how to remove snow.


3 posted on 11/19/2022 11:40:35 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’d be more shocked if she didn’t


4 posted on 11/19/2022 11:42:57 AM PST by Skywise
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s a lot of snow!


5 posted on 11/19/2022 11:43:16 AM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m thinking she has friends and donors south of Buffalo that need low cost loans or grants during this “emergency”.


6 posted on 11/19/2022 11:44:13 AM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

New York has not permitted fracking or new pipeline construction. Good luck.


7 posted on 11/19/2022 11:44:58 AM PST by allendale
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To: ChicagoConservative27

3.1. Operator Readiness.
3.1.1. Training. Give higher priority to training after winters with below-average snowfall.
Provide the following:

https://www.wbdg.org/FFC/AF/AFI/afi_32_1002.pdf


They could use the training......................


8 posted on 11/19/2022 11:45:04 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hire the homeless to shovel, they want to work. ;/


9 posted on 11/19/2022 11:45:20 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She probably sent them there to forcibly vaccinate the victims.


10 posted on 11/19/2022 11:45:50 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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"Tin-pot tyrants gotta strut their tin pots."

Must be fun removing six feet of snow with entreating tools. Doesn't matter. This is soooo presidential.

11 posted on 11/19/2022 11:49:08 AM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A guy I know in Buffalo is posting about the event on a forum we’re on. From his perspective, it’s just not a big deal.


12 posted on 11/19/2022 11:49:50 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Test run....


13 posted on 11/19/2022 11:52:45 AM PST by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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Chain up the convicts, and give them snow shovels.

14 posted on 11/19/2022 12:01:36 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Not saying she wouldn’t and doesn’t do things like that, but from I lived a long time in that area, so I have to say that it’s actually pretty common in Buffalo for the National Guard to help clear snow during these sorts of events. On many city streets, there’s nowhere to go with it. It can’t even be plowed, but must be scooped up and transported to a literal “snow dump.”


15 posted on 11/19/2022 12:09:13 PM PST by Faith Presses On (Willing to die for Christ, if it's His will--politics should prepare people for the Gospel)
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After he’s shoveled out from the foot and a half he got in the city of Buffalo, he can head down to Orchard Park where they got more than 66” (5.5 feet). Or is he a wimp?


16 posted on 11/19/2022 12:17:56 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When does BLM start burning down businesses because of all the whiteness?


17 posted on 11/19/2022 12:23:17 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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https://nypost.com/2014/11/19/buffalo-chills-bring-massive-snowfall/

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency in 10 counties and the National Guard has been activated to help clean up and clear roadways.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-29-mn-18823-story.html

The city has received nearly 7 feet of snow since Monday, nearly as much as it typically receives in an entire winter. Officials have declared a state of emergency, with streets made impassable, mobile home roofs caved in and at least two deaths linked to the harsh conditions.

The record snowfall—82.3 inches since Monday—was piling up as fast as it could be cleared away, and National Guard troops were on their way to help remove the snow in dump trucks.

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The 2001 storm I sure do remember! It stands out to me to this day as the worst Buffalo snow storm, among a great many, that I went through. The National Guard cleared snow on our street, I recall.

It was like waking up to find there’d been a blizzard overnight, and then the following day, there was another blizzard on top of it! We literally got 3 feet of snow one day, and 3 feet the next.

I shoveled my driveway after the first one, and then the next day had to shovel the front yard to have room to shovel the driveway again.

And days later, I needed to get to the shed behind the house to get a heavy metal shovel to clear ice from the end of the driveway, and I had to turn the lids from big plastic storage containers into “snow shoes” in order to get back there. I would set one down and step on it, and then the next. I was a bit concerned about falling, that I might not be able to get myself out of the snow if I did. Then I shoveled a 72’ hole in the snow at the shed. When I later went back there, I’d jump down into it.


18 posted on 11/19/2022 12:27:05 PM PST by Faith Presses On (Willing to die for Christ, if it's His will--politics should prepare people for the Gospel)
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72”, not 72’!


19 posted on 11/19/2022 12:29:56 PM PST by Faith Presses On (Willing to die for Christ, if it's His will--politics should prepare people for the Gospel)
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Since they forced National Guardsmen to get the shots, is she alright with NG members having heart attacks shoveling snow, in light of the fact that the State has told people to avoid shoveling their driveways because shoveling could cause a heart attack?


20 posted on 11/19/2022 12:38:47 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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