A more recent big storm for the mid Atlantic area was in 2010 when back to back big storms hit, leaving 3 and more feet total in some places. The 10th anniversary link below tells the story:
I remember the people next door built an igloo in their yard which lasted a week. There was so much snow that trucks plowed towering piles 12 feet high in some large intersections. Other memorable storms were the snow the night of JFK’s innaugural balls. I had just moved into the area. It took 5 hours to drive from Bethesda to down town DC, starting mid afternoon. A year or two before I moved in 1967, I looked out my second story window and every car on both sides of the narrow street below was completely covered and invisible. Finally, after a week, a big garbage truck managed to drive down that street. Another big snow, 1922 I think, killed many people when a theater roof collapsed. So this area may not be Buffalo, but it has had some big ones.
My first great snow memory was the “Big Snow of ‘47” which I experienced across the river from NYC in northern NJ in 1947. Dad had to shovel a long walk to the street. The 27 inch high walls along the path were a perfect place to dig out caves for my toddler brother to hide in.
My most recent big snow memory was the Valentine’s Day gift I gave my partner when I dug 60 feet of 2 foot+ snow in front of his house because he had recently broken his leg slipping on ice. I was in my 70s at the time. I am not always feeling sorry about global warming. ;-)
So far this year, it hasn’t been too bad...buit we still have to get through February and March.