. The band is moving from right to left in the image, and did not vary much from this location. Several counties were heavily impacted, with areas in and around
Buffalo, New York, particularly the city's
southern suburbs, receiving snowfall totals in the range of , killing at least 26 people; most of the deaths were caused by heart attacks from overexertion trying to remove the snow. Under the sheer weight of the snow, roofs began collapsing. As the
New York State Thruway became impassable, and
Amtrak suspended service from
Albany to westward destinations like
Buffalo,
Toronto and
Cleveland, many motorists became trapped, including
Niagara University's
women's basketball team. With a forecast for warmer temperatures and rain, fears of potentially severe flooding due to the melting snow quickly arose. Many local school districts in and around Buffalo closed for more than a week in order to remove snow and assess possible damage to property.
Snowfall totals The following table displays selected U.S. snowfall totals from November 13–21, 2014:
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National Football League's
Buffalo Bills,
National Hockey League's
Buffalo Sabres and
University at Buffalo's
Buffalo Bulls were forced to postpone games due to the event. The Bills' home stadium, known as
Ralph Wilson Stadium at the time, was in the center of the band and because most of the players' homes and the roads around the stadium were impassable, as well as the Stadium itself being snowed in, the
National Football League ordered the November 23 game against the
New York Jets to be relocated to a neutral site, eventually chosen to be
Ford Field in
Detroit, Michigan that took place the following night. But the game did not have to move, according to Buffalo Bills Vice President of Operations and Guest Experience, Andy Major. He called for hundreds of volunteers to help shovel out the Stadium, pay $10 an hour plus a free ticket to the game, but after several hours of shoveling, the Stadium was not ready and the game had to be moved The Sabres' home arena, known as
First Niagara Center at the time, canceled its November 21 game against the
New York Rangers, but went ahead with its November 18 game against the
San Jose Sharks, due to the Sharks already being in town and not coming back east until March 2015; the Sharks-Sabres game was played in front of a crowd of 6,200 fans, roughly a third of the arena's capacity. The game against the Rangers was eventually rescheduled for February 20, moving their game against the
Ottawa Senators from its originally-scheduled date of February 20 to December 15. The
college football game between the
University at Buffalo and
Kent State University, the penultimate scheduled game for each team that had originally been scheduled for November 19, was initially postponed to November 21 before ultimately being canceled. The cancellation eliminated Buffalo from
bowl contention (the team was 4–6 at the time—the team would win their final game to finish 5-6-- but needed a win over Kent State to have a chance at being named to a bowl). ==Response==