Numerous emergency declarations as Capital Region digs out | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS PETER R. BARBER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Residents on Wendell Avenue in Schenectady dig out on Thursday after at least two feet of snow fell. Shares0 CAPITAL REGION — If you’re reading this, congratulations on surviving one of the top 10 snowstorms to hit the Capital Region in December in the last 135 years. We hope you’ve dug out, but for many the digging will continue on Friday. The massive snowstorm that swept into the region from the southwest overnight Wednesday dropped between two and three feet of snow across the entire region, prompting difficult travel conditions and states of emergency to be declared in communities across the region.