This storm was much worse than what hit the northeast yesterday.
1993 Storm of the Century aka March Superstorm of 1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century
“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.
“993 Storm of the Century aka March Superstorm of 1993
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century";
I remember that one: After it was over and the roads got cleared enough we could start getting around I was struck by something I had never seen before or since:
On 104 (Which runs near Lake Ontario) just east of Rochester NY I saw several snowplow trucks (The big ones made out of dump trucks with salt spreaders on the back) stuck here and there... some were nearly on their side and some were buried nearly up to the roof. It was a few days before they were able to recover them. They were attempting to plow the highway during the storm and were overwhelmed. The ones I saw were off in the median. I presume they had recovered the ones stuck in the road as part of reopening it.