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Constant flicclick and refresh, click and refresh. things do palm up. again, they're just short handed. >> in terms of advice what to do? >> i think you'll also have to try to think about not looking to go into your local town. i mean there are people flying all over the country. people from alaska traveling to get -- you know, to colorado, new york. is traveling to new hampshire, then driving up. you know, into buffalo. they're going to new orleans. they're traveling all over the country to get a passport. but not necessarily in their own backyard. >> yeah. rye i know a lot of local congress ...

Yourself a little bit warmer. one of the biggest things you ever want to do is to keep the washer fluid in your car full. because when a spray ahead of you gets on your windshield you're going to have to get it off. if you use regular washer fluid it's going to freeze on that windshield and you won't see a thing. look for the little number that says minus 20 degrees. because that will help you out. that will keep you safe and wash away some of that ice. you can't even buy that stuff in georgia. it's illegal. you have to go up to the northeast in order to get that stuff. 16 degrees below zero r...

Deal. it hasn't been canceled here in buffalo in 13 years. also at least five major thoroughfares have been shut down partially. and officials have told us they've had to rescue stranded drievgs at least 50 stranded drivers on one of those thoroughfares. and officials have actually been using snow mobiles to help rescue. so passengers. because it's simply too dangerous to drive their own vehicles here on the roads. there's actually also been flood warnings because of broken water mains due to how cold it is. so we're really dealing with the trifecta of the biting cold, ferocious winds, and of ...

It snows up there all the time, though, doesn't it? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, anderson. this is the fourth blizzard warning here in buffalo in the past four decades. it's surprising when you consider how used buffalo residents are dealing with this winter weather. and that's a big reason why there have only been four blizzard warnings here. there's a certain threshold that has to be met here in buffalo for to it make the cut to be considered a blizzard warning. normally there's a combination of factors. the gusting winds and the snow, the heavy snow in order for a storm to be considered...

The area. a lot of people, though, still doing what they normally do. i was standing in the same place at 5:00 this morning and a man rode by me on a unicycle on the icy bridge here. i couldn't believe it. i saw another woman walking in ugg boots and no tights, just a miniskirt and just was walking in downtown minneapolis. so, they see things a little bit differently here as the idea of cold. but it's still very serious for people who may be elderly. if you take a look at people who may be needy and also when you take a look at the pets. still a lot of eyes on that. but it is definitely warmin...