by meteorological definition a blizzard is a snowstorm containing winds in excess of 35 mph for longer than 3 hours with reduced visibilty to less than 1/4 mile. I remember a couple of times where it would snow 6 inches or so and the winds would be at 60 mph in Kansas for days, we would get 10 foot snowdrifts and driving was impossible for a couple of days.
Actually according to the NWS definition, ACTUAL Blizzards ANYWHERE on the East Coast, especially at low elevation. are exceedingly rare. (I think there's been some loosening of standards recently, but they're still practically non-existent.)
What people don't understand is you can have 3 feet of snow and without the winds it isn't a blizzard.