Environment

Buffalo Breaks a 116-Year-Old Record for ... No Snow

Following an epic 7-foot snow dump last year, the city is as powderless as the Sahara.
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By this time last year, Buffalo had already suffered the wrath of a snowstorm that, thanks to the lake effect, looked like a frozen version of the hellish haboob from Mad Max: Fury Road. For those who don’t recall that incredible powder-slam, here’s the view from a plane: