Highway crews have been awesome during difficult winter

Editor:

As a life-long resident of WNY I want to thank all those responsible for their outstanding responses in preparation for and each day for this winter’s weather.

So often I would waken to the sound of snowplows passing from 4:30-4:50 morning after morning heading to the canal bridge, turning around and often coming back with salt to ensure traffic was safe to travel at early hours. And then, back they would come again during the day, if needed!

We WNYers have had decades of dealing with Mother Nature and have the equipment and the extraordinary staff at all village, town and county levels to maintain the equipment, the repairs, the levels of salt needed for this winter.

It’s been a tough one on all our critters too!  The geese are now heading back from the south and we can see some deer, raccoons and skunks beginning to rummage for leftovers in the fields from last year.

Ah, the delights of living in Albion and in WNY as other parts of this entire country still grapple with destroyed powerlines, roads, roofs and entire homes which were never prepared.  Thank you!

Karen Watt

Albion