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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 wind chill and...
2) Playing Politics with Natural Disaster: Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 Election, and the Origins of FEMA
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Hurricane Agnes struck the United States in June of 1972 months before a pivotal American election and at the dawn of the period of deindustrialization across the northeastern United States. The response by local, state, and national officials had long term consequences for all Americans. President Richard Nixon used the tragedy for political gain by delivering a generous relief package to the key states of New York and Pennsylvania in a scheme to...
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