An example of municipal programs which offer discounted composters (Earth machines) and rainbarrels at a discounted rate. If your state or municipality doesn't offer them, they should. I believe the #EPA provides funding for the discounts.

#ErieCountyNY offers residents rain barrels and compost bins

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/erie-county-offers-residents-rain-barrels-and-compost-bins/ar-BB1juE8r

#WaterConservation #Landfills #Composting #ReduceFoodWaste #CompostFoodWaste #RainwaterCollection #WaterIsLife

MSN

7 Deaths, 5 Hours: Drug Overdoses Surge in Western New York

Rising cocaine use and a drug supply tainted by fentanyl have become a deadly combination in Erie County, which includes Buffalo.

The New York Times

#ErieCountyNY rocks! Not craven like #PutnamCountyNY.

<< Poloncarz, a Democrat, said Erie County has welcomed approximately 12,000 refugees over the past decade “without the ridiculous fears stoked by xenophobic and ill-informed community members.”>>

https://www.syracuse.com/state/2023/05/at-least-one-upstate-ny-county-says-it-will-welcome-asylum-seekers-from-nyc.html

At least one Upstate NY county says it will welcome asylum seekers from NYC

"The asylum seekers coming here are enduring the most difficult situation of their lives..."

syracuse

An appreciation of @geekaren, who has been reporting on the #Buffalo media briefings, along with other Buffalo news.

This one hit me — they had people answering calls from residents in danger/anguish who had no training in handling calls like this.
https://sfba.social/@[email protected]cial/109592385833813344

#ErieCountyNY

karen (@[email protected])

Poloncarz on 858-SNOW call support: We had to move some people off taking these calls due to the severity and seriousness of the calls. When you're talking to people for continuous hours and they are afraid they'll die... We had people working in those call centers who weren't trained for that. It was a very mentally exhausting task, and I want to thank every one of the people manning those calls. You have saved lives.

Mastodon 🐘
UPDATE: WGRZ TrafficTracker2 on Twitter 12/27 10:41am EST: 
"From TrafficTracker 2's Dave Cash: After re-opening the 90 from Exit 46/Henrietta to Exit 61/PA State line at 9 this morning, the Thuway Authority has decided to again CLOSE the 90 along that stretch until further notice. @WGRZ https://t.co/Z3Ro4TThm8" / Twitter
#Buffalo #BuffaloNy #NYwx #weather #wx #ErieCountyNY
WGRZ TrafficTracker2 on Twitter

“From TrafficTracker 2's Dave Cash: After re-opening the 90 from Exit 46/Henrietta to Exit 61/PA State line at 9 this morning, the Thuway Authority has decided to again CLOSE the 90 along that stretch until further notice. @WGRZ”

Twitter

Listening back to the 5pm briefing.

What is so hard to understand? It doesn't matter how much equipment you have if you can't see anything. There are limits to our technology.

#ErieCountyNY
#weather
#blizzard

If you’re looking for updates / posts / toots about what’s going on in and around Buffalo, NY this weekend in the aftermath of the big storm, I suggest that you follow https://mstdn.social/@[email protected]ocial here on Mastodon. #wx #blizzard #BuffaloNY #Buffalo #NYwx #weather #ErieCountyNY
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Four more deaths in Erie County, NY.

Some were found in cars, some on the street.

#weather
#blizzard
#ErieCountyNY

Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz