[Wolf Blitzer, Cnn Anchor:] As we can see, Buffalo, New York is getting socked by a huge snowstorm. In fact, it's a record-setter. CNN's Holly Firfer is following the story for us. She is in Pembroke, which is very close to Buffalo. Holly, give us the latest.
[Holly Firfer, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, this is as far as we could get, because the roads are still closed heading over into Buffalo. The airports are still closed. The snow may have stopped in this area, but the temperatures are dropping. And the clouds behind us are pretty ominous. They are saying that they are expecting about a couple more feet of snow, possibly over the next eight days.
[Paul Clark, W. Seneda Town Supervisor:] If at all possible, please just stay home, because, obviously, it is not very safe out there. It is going to be very slow. And let the crews do their work. And we will get everything buttoned up for the weekend, hopefully.
[Firfer:] Hospitals have asked volunteers with four-wheel-drive vehicles to bring staffers to work. Residents are being advised to shovel the snow from rooftops and carports to prevent collapse.
[Richard Gradle, Buffalo Resident:] I've been plowing snow for 35 years. And this is the worst I have ever seen it.
[Firfer:] Two deaths have already been attributed to the storms that have forced government officials to declare a state of emergency. According to city officials, the budget for snow removal this year has already been blown. Officials here add that at least this storm had good timing, that it's a holiday week and many schools are closed and businesses are not open as well. So people don't necessarily have to venture out. And I want to add that they did break a record here: 73 inches of snow in one month. Wolf, that's over 6 feet. And they say more snow may be on the way.
[Blitzer:] Seventy-three inches. And most of the inches, I think about 72 of those inches have come since Christmas Eve. And you are saying that another 2 feet are expected? Is that what you are reporting, Holly?
[Firfer:] That is what they are saying. Over the next eight days, they are expecting more and more snow. We got about a foot or so this afternoon. And they were saying it may kick up a little bit again. So we just kind of have to wait and see. It's that lake-effect movement. So we don't know yet, but that's what they are saying.
[Blitzer:] All right, we love that lake effect, that Lake Erie effect. I grew up in Buffalo. It is nothing. It's a piece of cake. Everybody in Buffalo can handle that snow quite well. A quarter of an inch here in Washington, D.C., the city would be paralyzed. Holly Firfer, enjoy the snow in the sun-and-fun capital of the United States: Buffalo, New York.
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