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   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   How bad could this get?   
      
   With an additional two feet possible on Thursday, the one-week totals for the   
   Buffalo area will approach the average snowfall for an entire year: 93.6   
   inches, or close to eight feet.   
      
   The highest snowfall total for the Buffalo area this time was 65 inches,   
   recorded in Cheektowaga. National Weather Service meteorologist David Church   
   said forecasters haven’t determined yet how this storm ranks, but that 60 to   
   70   
   inches in 24 hours is probably in the top five for the region.   
      
   The Governor said it would take four or five days to clean up.   
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   Can Toronto help?   
      
   The head of Toronto’s transportation services, Stephen Buckley, said the city   
   has called Buffalo offering help, but has not heard back. Mr. Buckley said the   
   help Toronto could offer, such as snow melters, would be useful in the later   
   cleanup phase, not for immediate snow removal. The city uses contractors for   
   most of its snow removal services.   
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   The Bills seek shovellers   
      
   On Wednesday, the Buffalo Bills offered $10 an hour plus game tickets for   
   people willing to help shovel out the stands in Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard   
   Park, in the snow belt southeast of the city. Team spokesman Scott Berchtold   
   said the team has an estimated 220,000 tons of snow to remove from the stadium   
   before Sunday’s game against the Jets – more than ever before.   
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   That last bit shows the worst side of Americans:  GAMES and playing before   
   serious work.  Who the hell would spend time and energy digging out a stadium   
   for a football game when most people can't even dig out their driveways to get   
   to main roads?  Stupid. . .  stupid . . .  idiots . . .   
   Put that energy into digging out the parking lots of hospitals, and sidewalks   
   to schools.   
      
   Governor gets it right:   
      
   N.Y. Governor Says Jets-Bills Impractical   
   New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo considers it "impractical" to play Sunday's game   
   between the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills as scheduled.   
      
   With more snow falling in the area around Ralph Wilson Stadium, New York Gov.   
   Andrew Cuomo considers it "impractical" to play Sunday's game between the   
   Buffalo Bills and New York Jets as scheduled.   
      
   "Everybody would love to see a Bills game go forward, but I think even more,   
   everybody wants to make sure public safety comes first," Cuomo said at a news   
   conference Thursday morning. "At this point in time, doing what we have to do   
   with the driving ban and everything we just said -- staying off the roads --   
   would make a Bills game impractical.   
      
   "So if you ask me today, right now, my two cents would be it would be   
   impractical to do the game because it could jeopardize public safety."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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