As Western New York, and particularly the city of Buffalo, continues to dig out from the blizzard, I wanted to make this post as a way to help share resources & links that may be of use to those in need.
I’ll update as I can to continue pointing people to resources.
If you have a useful link to add, please share it in the comments.
- Assistance requests, open gas stations, grocery stores
- Buffalo Blizzard FB group
- Buffalo Mutual Aid FB group
- Buffalo Snow Brigade – volunteer
- Find a towed vehicle by Erie County
- Find a towed vehicle in Amherst
- Find a towed vehicle in the city of Buffalo
- Find a towed vehicle in Cheektowaga
- Most updated driving advisory/ban info in Erie County
- National Grid outage map
- National Weather Service – Buffalo
- NFTA Metro service status
- NITTEC cameras (helpful to see the state of highways)
- NYSEG outage map
- Tops Markets locations that are open
- Wegmans locations – call before going to confirm hours/
Call 858-SNOW (716-858-7669) with questions or requests for help that are not related to a medical emergency – non-life-threatening, but serious, situations.
If you lost power for 72+ hours, you can submit a claim for reimbursement to NYSEG or National Grid to cover groceries and prescription medication:
Other phone numbers that may be useful:
- 911 – life threatening emergencies
- 211 – non-emergency resources for storm recovery and connection to basic needs and human service agencies
- 311 – City of Buffalo Municipal Helpline – up to date info on city response to the Blizzard, can also be used to report unplowed streets, answered 8:30am-6:00pm for the time being
- 988 – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 24/7 mental health and crisis support/