Monday, November 9, 2015

Worst Winter Storms In U.S. History

I was curious as to the worst snow storms that have been seen in the United States. The link below is a list of the 11 worst winter storms to hit America from Time.


http://time.com/3583572/worst-winter-snow-storm/


The list includes storms as recent as last winter's storm that bombarded the Northeast, paralyzing places like Buffalo, NY with the enormous amount of snow that fell. This storm left people stranded and tragically resulted in life lost.


<b>Blizzard in Buffalo (Nov. 18-20, 2014)</b> Over six feet of snow descended on Buffalo, N.Y. and its suburbs, paralyzing the area. Over 100 people were stranded and at least six people died.


This list goes as far back as the 1800s as well. It includes the storm of 1888, where the east cost was hit with almost 50 inches of snow from March 11-12! The storm was so bad that they had to haul snow out of the streets of places such as New York and dump them into rivers. And of course back then that meant putting horses to work pulling carts.


<b>The Blizzard of 1888 (March 11-12, 1888)</b> This late-in-the-season snowstorm devastated much of the East Coast, incapacitating New York City, Boston, Washington and Philadelphia with up to 50 inches of snow. Here, carts haul excess snow and ice from city streets for dumping in the East River in New York City.
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