Boots (and Buckets) on the Ground in Buffalo’s  Blizzard of ’22: Local Contractors Step Up

The Blizzard of ’22 apparently did not realize where traditional Snow Country is, because it concentrated on the City of Buffalo with four feet of blowing snow and went easier on the areas that usually bear the brunt of most storms, like East Aurora and Elma and surrounding towns. 

But this doesn’t mean Southtowners weren’t involved: just the opposite. Chuck Lauck, a contractor from Elma, got a Christmas Eve call from a friend who owns Emerald Services asking if he could drive a loader in Buf...