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Heavy Snow Keeps Falling in Buffalo Area, Straining Nerves and Roofs
LANCASTER, N.Y. — Jack Fasanella and Pattie Higgins had not seen another soul, aside from each other, for days.
So when a break came on Thursday, the couple gazed across the carpet of snow five feet deep that blanketed their lawn in this Erie County town and kept them trapped since Monday night.
And then they prepared for more.
“This is western New York; we’re used to it,” Mr. Fasanella, 62, a lifelong Buffalonian, said. “But this is the worst I’ve ever seen. Even worse than the blizzard of ’77.”
Across Buffalo and especially in its southern and eastern suburbs, people were reeling from the storms that by Thursday evening had claimed 10 lives. At least one nursing home was evacuated. Roofs were buckling. And with a state of emergency declared by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, rescue crews from as far away as Long Island were converging to help the area dig out.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/n..._id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000
