That blizzard wasn't nearly as scary as an ice storm we had in the late '50s that knocked our electrical power out for a couple of days. Temperatures were around 19 degrees, and the only source of heat we had was the gas oven.
You are right. What I'm reading now is that the total snowfall at one time is the worst in Washington in 81 years, not 200.
When I was a child in Chicago there was a glorious ice storm that coated every tree, bush, and blade of grass with a very thick layer of ice. We skated in the streets--skated to go shopping, skated to visit one another, skated to see the fantastic wonder and beauty as the sun came out and glittered on every surface. We had to run errands for our parents on skates because they couldn't skate well. It was like living in Holland.