Declaring Disaster: Buffalo's Blizzard of '77 and the Creation of Fema

by Timothy W Kneeland

Book Overview

On Friday, January 28, 1977, it began to snow in Buffalo. The second largest city in New York State, located directly in line with the Great Lakes' snowbelt, was no stranger to this kind of winter weather. With their city averaging ninety-four inches of snow per year, the citizens of Buffalo knew how to survive a snowstorm. But the blizzard that engulfed the city for the next four days was about to make history.

Between the subzero...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815611277
• ISBN13: 9780815611271
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 8.9"