alicia rodriguez of our buffalo affiliate wivb has more. >> reporter: streets normally packed with carsow quiet except for the roar of the snowmobiles and the occasional emergency vehicle. and erie county officials say that's exactly how it should be. >> there's life-threatening conditions that are out in particular areas of the county, and we're stressing to people, do not drive unless you absolutely have to. we've seen multiple people that had no reason to be out that are nauert stranded in their car, injured, et cetera. >> reporter: emergency crews have rescued dozens of people from their cars. >> they've been going in some situations walking car to car to find individuals who may be stuck in a car and getting them out. >> reporter: but there are still more out there, and erie county executive mark colincar says there's a coordinated effort to rescue everyone so no one is stranded overnight. he did say four people have already died due to the storm. >> one which is an accident in which an individual was actually in a vehicle. they got stuck, and unfortunately during the process of tr