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TopDeckHero420 t1_j2cbpq5 wrote

The officials warned people. It was national news for a week before. "This shit is coming, and coming hard." People had time to prepare, evacuate, stock up. It sucks, it's a tragedy, but you can't slap an "I did that!" sticker on the blizzard.

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dicksfiend t1_j2div2h wrote

Would be great if businesses cared and actually closed too

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TopDeckHero420 t1_j2djgoc wrote

Did they not? I'm sure a few "essential" places tried to stay open but I have to imagine that the vast majority of places closed before it hit.

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shewy92 t1_j2dx4k1 wrote

> I'm sure a few "essential" places tried to stay open

So you're saying that some people had no choice but to go to work? Yea...that's the point being made

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Diligent-Kangaroo-33 t1_j2cxb1z wrote

The president warned everyone. When I saw that I knew then it was gonna be bad. Once I refused to evacuate from a hurricane. I would never ever do that again . Lucky to have survived. Any kind of warning throws me into action now.

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TopDeckHero420 t1_j2dtdto wrote

Sometimes it's just reality. I live in hurricane territory and people are warned to evacuate every time, and every time people don't. And we help them pick up the pieces and clean up in the aftermath, every time. I'm not victim blaming, but I don't support blaming big brother for not saving people from themselves either.

I am sure there are some fucked up individual situations here, but wholesale "It's all Buffalo's fault" is nonsense.

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shewy92 t1_j2e9j3r wrote

When it calls for it, yes, sometimes victims bring it onto themselves.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/buffalo-womans-body-found-few-hundred-feet-from-home/1431608

> Maccarone was feeling anxious already, watching the notifications about closures of stores on Facebook, she told CNN. > > But her mother wanted to go out and Alexander, 52, said she'd be right back and left without mentioning where she was headed. Maccarone, who had lived with Alexander since August, said she just assumed her mom was trying to get to the stores before they closed. > > "She's always felt like superwoman and invincible, so I'm assuming that she just thought she could handle the conditions," Maccarone said. "Can't really tell my mom anything, she's going to do what she wants to do. I'm assuming she just thought she was strong enough for it." >

Some people are 100% to blame for ignoring common sense.

How can the government do anything to prevent people like this woman?

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