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Blizzard: A violent snowstorm with winds blowing at a minimum speed of 35 miles (56 kilometers) per hour and visibility of less than one-quarter mile (400 meters) for three hours. A very heavy snowstorm with high winds.
As the North East digs out from yet another massive snowfall, Time takes a look back at America's stormy past.
As the North East digs out from yet another massive snowfall, Time takes a look back at America's stormy past.
1888 was a year for bad blizzards. In January what came to be known as the "Schoolhouse Blizzard" devastated the Great Plains. Arriving on a relatively warm day, the storm caught people unprepared, resulting in upwards of 500 casualties. Two months later, the "The Great Blizzard of '88" struck the Eastern states, shutting down railroads, downing telegraph wires and paralyzing the coastal cities. This storm would become the benchmark against which all others would be judged.
Durring World War II, in the name of national security, the Office of Censorship ordered a curtailment of all weather-related broadcasts. A Blizzard in 1942, however, which slammed into the Midwest and affected much of the country, commanded a momentary lift on the ban.
High gusting winds, bitter cold and blowing snow crippled the city of Buffalo, NY for two weeks in 1977. President Carter declared the ravaged city and surrounding counties, a major disaster area granting funding and support to the clean-up efforts. On Valentines' day, after more than 10 consecutive snow days, Buffalo city schools reopened.
With 50 inches of snowfall reported in northern Rhode Island, and hurricane-force winds rocking many coastal towns, New England's Blizzard of '78 was quickly made as infamous as its chowda. In Massachusetts, cars were stranded along interstate 209 and, after receiving 27.1 inches of snow, the city of Boston shut down for a week.
Presidents' Day 2003 was one to remember. Patriots in Baltimore and Boston celebrated the Holiday by witnessing the biggest snowstorm on record, collecting 28.2 and 27.5 inches of snow respectively.
Some called it The Storm of the Century. Others stuck with a modest Blizzard of 1993. Still others went for the comic-con inspired Superstorm '93. Whatever the name, the storm that dumped snow from Alabama, which saw 13" in Birmingham, to Syracuse, NY which boasted three feet of power, and then kicked up dozens of tornadoes across the South, was a monster.
The nor'easter which began on the evening of February 11, 2006 left many New Yorkers holding shovels and snow boots when the clouds lifted three days later. Others took to the park to celebrate the record-breaking snowdrifts. With 26.9 inches of snow, the Blizzard of 06 granted the City the most snow since 1869 when the city began recording snow fall.
Welcome to the 2010! In a year that sounds like a sci-fi move, so goes the naming of its first big snowstorm. Washington may have taken the brunt of this well-twittered blizzard, but the forecasts for the North East show more snow is on the horizon. So, get ready, this winter is turning out to be Shovel Ready.
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