Please define blizzard. Here in Denver, in 2007 we got 4 feet one week and 3.5 feet the next week. Slowed us down the day after the snow storm. Highways were open the next day and by two days later most of the side streets were clear. Most people just stayed home for a day or two.
Yes, we called those snow storms ... not blizzards.
Hey, they had to find a way to get deflated footballs off the front pages.
They’ll be out and about by Thursday.
That is what the Governors of the northeast are asking folks to do, stay off the roads so to let the roads get cleaned up.
Blizzard is a well-defined term, and it has nothing to do with how much snow is on the ground.
Blizzards have sustained winds of over 35 mph and visibilities of less than 1/4 mile for an extended period of time (at least 3 hours).
After the Blizzard of 77 in Buffalo, every time they said the word *blizzard* people panicked, (understandably after that one and that wasn’t the only storm that shut down the city that year nor the next).
Anyway, after that, the NWS established criteria for what constituted blizzard conditions.
See Post #185 for a definition ...
Hmmmm. Your story doesn't square with the record books.
Dever top 10 snow storms.
1. 45.7 inches December 1-5, 1913
2. 31.8 inches March 17-19, 2003
3. 30.4 inches November 2-4, 1946
4. 23.8 inches December 24, 1982
5. 23.0 inches April 23, 1885
6. 22.7 inches October 20-23, 1906
7. 21.9 inches October 24-25, 1997
8. 21.5 inches November 26-27, 1983
9. 20.7 inches December 20-21, 2006
10. 19.3 inches January 29-31, 1883
Just sayin'.