Seven Dead, 100+ Trapped in Monster Winter Storm

Snow Emergency: Seven Dead, 100+ Trapped in Monster Winter Storm

BY ERIN MCCLAM AND DANIEL ARKIN

Troopers in all-terrain vehicles and rescue crews working without sleep set out Wednesday to reach drivers trapped in a ferocious winter storm that dumped more than 5 feet of snow outside Buffalo, New York — with plenty more on the way.

About 140 miles of Interstate 90, the main artery running east and west across New York state, remained closed, from Rochester to the New York-Pennsylvania state line. There was no word when it would reopen.

More than 100 cars were reported trapped. Drivers ran out of food and patience.

"Mother Nature is showing us who's boss once again," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "This snowfall may break all sorts of records, and that's saying something in western New York and in Buffalo."

A Greyhound bus was stranded for a day and a half on I-90. People stared out the windows at a highway littered with abandoned cars. The bus was running on a generator, and passengers could charge their phones, but they were hungry, said Endjie Ulysses, a college student who was on board.

After 34 hours, the people on board were finally rescued by a state trooper.

"I'm feeling OK. I'm just tired," Ulysses told NBC News by phone from the bus. "I've only slept for about two or three hours."

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Buffalo braces for 3 more feet of snow after first storm dumps 6 feet, strands motorists, leaves 7 dead

Editor's note: 

This is just the beginning of the new level of wild weather...regardless of season or temperature.

Global cooling or global warming...every season recently has been and will now see extremes.

All because of solar unrest perturbed by an "unknown" galactic force.

Brace for atmospheric and geological events of Biblical proportions...in addition to global geopolitical strife that threatens humanity.