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GreatGazoo

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2. Aside: the term "blizzard" refers to wind speed, not the amount of snow fall

Reply to NutmegYankee (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 04:36 PM

Jan 2015

In the US, a "genuine blizzard" has to have winds above 35 MPH for more than 3 hours. I can't tell if your article went into this because the text is blocked out for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard#Definition

24 inches is major. Hope you and yours are well.

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Elsewhere, storm was less than advertised, but region got genuine blizzard [View all] NutmegYankee Jan 2015 OP

Can you pack some of that up and send it our way? NV Whino Jan 2015 #1

Aside: the term "blizzard" refers to wind speed, not the amount of snow fall GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #2

Yes, we had the winds. NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #3

Sorry to hear that. Wind makes a huge difference for exposure and frostbite. GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #4

I finished digging out today. NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #5

Thank you for posting this ladym55 Jan 2015 #6

I know! Very frustrating to watch to news. NutmegYankee Jan 2015 #7