I survived the blizzard in Buffalo which began on jan 28, 1977. 15 below zero, 100 mile an hour winds and 24 inches of snow on top of the 42 already on the ground. Worked 5 miles from home, took 3 days to get there, Wimps here in Louisville closed the schools with a half inch of snow and 2 below zero.
Now THAT one was a real doozy. I remember tv footage of the aftermath with a helicopter going over neighbourhoods where no homes could be found... there were snow drifts where the crest was coming off highway overpasses. My brother was driving to NYC from Ontario and just a bit east of Buffalo, the visibility was so bad he got off the road and crawled into a gas station. He was stuck inside the gas station for the next 5 days.
But then there was the blizzard of '41....