did you read the buffalo article you linked? all but 7 of those deaths were fully preventable/driven by people not understanding what not to do in a blizzard, or cardiac arrest from shoveling. all blizzard-prone states have warnings, days in advance, to not shovel if you have heart problems, plan not to leave your house, and plan not to drive. only those seven were caused by something no one could have done anything about (delayed ems response)

this is an excellent example of recency bias however