Convergence

Washington Post: Buffalo’s no stranger to snow. Why was the storm so deadly? By Brianna Sacks and  Emily Wax-Thibodeaux  

...due to a collision of a historic blizzard, bad timing, a dearth of emergency management resources, and the immense difficulty of trying to force residents who are largely desensitized to severe weather to abandon much-needed jobs, as well as their holiday plans...