the country in traffic accidents from freezing to death in the elements or from a range of other causes as a direct result of this storm. multiday snowfall totals have been titanic, up to 43 inches in hard hit buffalo. governor hochul requesting a federal disaster declaration due to the historic winter storm. it is devastating. it is going to a warzone and the vehicles along the sides of the roads are shocking. it is not just small vehicles, it is literally snowplows, it is major size recovery vehicles and utility vehicles and tow trucks. so we have a real challenge right now are we have roads blocked. roads are literally blocked by emergency vehicles so that has made it extremely challenging for us. effect on air travel on a crucial holiday week end was nothing shorts of catastrophic. there were a total of more than 11,000 flights canceled friday, saturday and sunday. this morning so far airlines have canceled another 1300 flights. nationwide more than 60,000 homes and bus
for christmas because this huge christmas blizzard just decimated the supply chain. so let s bring in flor nathanie son. so what happened on the ground? was it rail, trucking? either way the storm had an impact on christmas gift orders. right. this storm could not have come at a worse time for those last minute christmas gifts. u.p.s. had to shut hubs in kentucky and illinois, fedex had to shut hubs in memphis and indianapolis. and fedex is base this d in mem. so huge hit there. postal service had to close 89 facilities and so we re really focusing on those hubs, delivery hubs that get you your deliveries. and this is of course the busiest time of the year for these companies. so it couldn t have come at a