Blizzard of 93: Where were you?

[witch hobble]

I was a senior in high school. Snowboarded at Okemo during and after the storm. Might have been my first inclination that there is not enough consistent pitch there to really be a two feet of powder type of place.

 

[C-Rex]

Sadly, I was not yet indoctrinated to the sublime wonders of winter sports. I probably went sledding or something.

 

[MadMadWorld]

If you lived in Massachusetts it wasn't a big deal....about 20 inches or so. But NH, VT, NY, PA all got 30+ and some places 40+. It was a huge deal because pretty much the entire eastern seaboard got 12+ of snow including Birmingham AL.

And there were 310 deaths from the storm (47 in Florida) as a result of tornado outbreaks and massive ocean surges.

 

[Puck it]

If you lived in Massachusetts it wasn't a big deal....about 20 inches or so. But NH, VT, NY, PA all got 30+ and some places 40+. It was a huge deal because pretty much the entire eastern seaboard got 12+ of snow including Birmingham AL.

And there were 310 deaths from the storm (47 in Florida) as a result of tornado outbreaks and massive ocean surges.

Drawing a balnk on it still. We had just moved back from CA in fall of 92 and lived in a townhouse in Winchester. I do remember a shoveling a lot of snow in March and then it melted a few days later.

 

[deadheadskier]

Breckenridge

 

[ScottySkis]

I wish I had skiied. We had snow in long island from that storm on parking lots to late May.

 

[MadMadWorld]

I didn't ski at the time, damn, but I remember driving to work the day before the storm, it was 45 degrees and sunny, I was listening to talk radio, as I pulled into my parking spot I recognized the voice of the caller on the radio, it was my Brother. He was upset that they used the Emergency Broadcast System to warn of the storm, actually they did handle it badly. I remember hearing the warning, we've all heard it a thousand times, bzzzzzzz, followed by, "This is only a test...etc." This time however it said, "This is not a test, details will follow in 30 seconds". My Brother thought the missiles were on their way, like they'd tell us if they were. Anyway, he was the topic of discussion for several days. I think they should have prefaced the warning with, "This is a weather related warning". I've never heard of the system being used for anything before this storm. It took me a couple hours to shovel out of my parking lot the next day. There were bare spots and drifts over my head within yards of each other.

I don't remember that but that probably would scare the crap out of anyone that has never lived in the midwest. They use it for tornados a lot.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I was living in northern NJ, and there was so much snow you couldnt drive anywhere.

I put on my Dynastar VR17s and cross country skied to my friends house for some ping-pong and Nintendo hockey.

Odd thing about that storm is that where I lived they claim I was in the 10-20 inch zone, but we had over 30 inches. My house was at a bit higher elevation than most of the terrain around me, but it was a pretty big disparity from what was reported.

A few days later my friends and I went skiing at Blue Mountain, and it was and is still the best conditions I've ever seen in the usually snow-starved Poconos.

 

[bigbog]

Very envious of all you guys who were skiing with good skillsets....back then. My sking-toolbox was NOT GOOD:lol:. I went thru a few big storms when growing up in upstate(NE of Troy) NY, but what a ~20"+ storm does to a city like Boston:-o. Living in Boston suburb(Brighton) apartment along a sidestreet, digging the Honda Civic out and maintaining the parking spot M-F became a full-time job that winter/spring....LOL.

 

[MadMadWorld]

Very envious of all you guys who were skiing with good skillsets....back then. My sking-toolbox was NOT GOOD:lol:. I went thru a few big storms when growing up in upstate(NE of Troy) NY, but what a ~20"+ storm does to a city like Boston:-o. Living in Boston suburb(Brighton) apartment along a sidestreet, digging the Honda Civic out and maintaining the parking spot M-F became a full-time job that winter/spring....LOL.

+1. Been there done that.

 

[MadMadWorld]

93 was probably the snowiest winter I can ever remember in the Boston area

 

[timm]

95-96 was real snowy and I feel like 2010-11 must be up there too.

 

[dmc]

Very envious of all you guys who were skiing with good skillsets....back then. My sking-toolbox was NOT GOOD:lol:.

Thats when I was a bump skier still and hadn't hung up the boards for board..
Was rocking my K2 TNC Comps 207s back then.... Freaking hard ass... haha...

 

[mriceyman]

ya i was 8 yr old. do remember playin football in snow covered streets for days. hoping for a late vt storm this year.

 

[skiking4]

Waiting a year or two to be conceived... werd

 

[Gunny J]

Oldest son is 19 born in Jan 1994 I remember it well