February 25, 2010

Blizzard of ‘96

Date: January, 1996

Location: Wyckoff, NJ

 

Description: In honor of the massive amounts of snowfall received on both coasts this year, I thought it only appropriate to harken back to the big one: the Blizzard of ’96.  Not since the 1800’s had this much snow fallen in a single burst in the New York suburbs.  Dropping about 2 ½ feet overnight, combined with pretty heavy winds, it was a snowstorm to remember – the kind that, when I google “Blizzard of ‘96”, it has its own Wikepedia page.  For the most part, no major catastrophe befell us, but I do recall days afterward, and even weeks after, driving was super precarious because of the massive snow-plowed drifts that were on every street corner (as you can see, the pile here stood well over 6’ tall, and that was common.)  Compounding the danger in driving was the fact that, in our first full winter having a driver’s license, we had to accomplish all shuttling in the Funkwatt, a car that had a tenuous grip on the road even in perfect conditions. 

 

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