'My tiki bar is now an igloo.' Parts of New York state are getting slammed with four feet of snow, with more predicted. The storm was blamed for the deaths of two people who suffered heart problems while shoveling or snowblowing.
The storm was blamed for two deaths, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said, tweeting that they were “associated with cardiac events related to exertion during shoveling/snow blowing.”By Friday afternoon, AAA tow truck drivers were having trouble reaching dozens of stranded drivers who defied travel bans and advisories, association spokeswoman Elizebeth Carey said.
Scott Fleetwood of West Seneca captured video of lightning crashing outside his home throughout the night, as well as snow swiftly burying the pumpkins on his porch. “When the snow is falling between 3 to 4, 5 inches an hour, you can’t beat it,” he cautioned drivers at a news conference. “You are going to get stuck.”
Catholic Health, which operates several health care facilities in the storm zone, has been preparing for days.
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