“This storm was much worse than what hit the northeast yesterday.”
It depends where you are, or were at the time.
The March 1993 storm dumped 3 feet of wet snow in some states, but after being hyped in Maine, including having Gov. Angus King (now Maine’s new senator) call out the National Guard, it dumped only 6 inches of snow on my driveway.
The blizzard last night and through most of Saturday dumped 12 inches to 36 inches of snow over the State of Maine. In Portland, ME, the Friday/Saturday blizzard was the worst snowstorm in that city’s history.
I currently have 4 - 5 foot snow drifts up against the back of my house. I envy the Floridians on this board.
That Superstorm was much more massive; it hit a much larger portion of the country. Syracuse got pounded from that one because it got about 43 inches from the storm and then the next day, lake effect.
What I challenge as far as the media is concerned, is that it’s the worst storm ever because with the Superstorm there were heavy snowfalls as far south as Alabama and Georgia.
I fully recognize area to area variations. We’re quite familiar with it here in lake effect snow country where you can go from clear blue sky with brilliant sunshine, to whiteout within a quarter of a mile.