I grew up in wisconsin so I do know the blizzard drill. I will include that large additional group. Gosh we are growing rapidly!
We had some really brutal blizzards. One was so bad that after school was let out I had to count the streets by feeling where they were with my feet. Then I the had to count driveways by feel. I made it but it was about 2 hours to go 1 mile. Didn’t know if it was the right house until I saw the doorknocker
Visibility was zero.
Nothing scares me more than THAT! So glad you made it.
I remember driving back from FL with my folks one winter. They had taken us girls to Disney for our Christmas Present. We hit a blizzard in Indiana and we were stuck on the highway for many hours. I remember it being scary, but my folks were prepared with snacks and water and we had extra gasoline, so we were OK.
Dad still talks about THAT blizzard, so I know it was much worse than they let on when we were kids.
How DID we ever get around or survive without smart phones and The Weather Channel dictating our lives? LOL!