"Blizzard" in Perspective

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by BigFish

I disagree as there were many factors that made it a significantly larger storm other than the fact it sat on us and dumped heavy snow on us non-stop for 36 hours. It was not only a blizzard as the silly weatherman classification requires 35+ mph winds and 1/4 mile or less visibility for 3 sustained hours or more.....it far exceeded that as it was whiteout conditions for several hours where I grew up south of Boston. The tidal stage was significantly higher I believe due to the moon phase, winds were significantly higher for a sustained period and yes the fact it was not predicted to be the storm it was resulted in the unprepared situations many faced in that storm! The results were unprecedented since.......highways clogged with thousands of cars and people stranded, school canceled for 2 solid weeks due to the inability to clear snow as there was no place to put it. We did not drive cars for a week afterwards.....unheard of! They had to systematically clear roads and tow the stranded vehicles which took quite awhile to do.

Spare me the shoulda, woulda, coulda's Striperman........it wasn't! Anything you add imaginary variables to will always be greater and bigger......the fact remains....it wasn't and it didn't.

Did you have coffee yet?