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PoindexterOglethorpe

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10. I lived in Utica, NY

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:21 PM

Dec 21

until I was 14. So I definitely saw snow as deep as your pictures, although I didn't really have to deal with it, i.e.drive.

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Worst snow storm you've experienced? [View all] True Dough Dec 21 OP

This one, I think. 2020. 40 inches? (pics) LuckyCharms Dec 21 #1

Looks like a whole lot of exertion True Dough Dec 21 #5

The worst part was.... LuckyCharms Dec 21 #7

Great Blizzard of '78 in Massachusetts Ritabert Dec 21 #2

Wow. Just saw yours after finishing mine yorkster Dec 21 #4

We got 4 feet in a Boston suburb Ritabert Dec 21 #11

I remember the sinking of the SS Peter Stuyvestant during the blizzard Ritabert Dec 21 #18

I had forgotten about that. . yorkster Dec 21 #24

I hear they left it there on the bottom. Ritabert Dec 21 #32

It was the day of my father's memorial service. intheflow Dec 21 #35

The Pike was just very windy and the snow kept blowing up onto the engine Ritabert Dec 21 #45

The whole North East got clobbered with that one. The '77-'78 winters are what drove me to Florida...nt mitch96 Dec 21 #48

LOL! I hear you. Ritabert Dec 21 #50

Boston: Our side street was snowed in for more than a week. Eugene Dec 21 #52

I remember it well. We took a sled to the market which was a mile away. Ritabert Dec 22 #64

Blizzard of 78. Was able to x-country ski yorkster Dec 21 #3

We used a sled to walk to the supermarket and see what food we could get. Ritabert Dec 21 #13

As a skier the "worst" storms are the ones that end with freezing rain or GreatGazoo Dec 21 #6

Chicago, 1967 CanonRay Dec 21 #8

See my post #27 (n/t) PJMcK Dec 21 #29

I was 9, our house was near Midway Airport. Martin Eden Dec 21 #36

Me too. We jumped off the roof into snowdrifts. Demobrat Dec 24 #76

New York City metro area blizzard, 1996 Rocknation Dec 21 #9

I lived in Utica, NY PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 21 #10

Me, too. Just a babe in Utica 1950-1956. quaint Dec 21 #19

FL 1980's White stuff was everywhere. Lochloosa Dec 21 #12

We're talking True Dough Dec 21 #14

....maybe Lochloosa Dec 21 #22

I vaguely remember a few snow storms Niagara Dec 21 #15

I think I remember that MorbidButterflyTat Dec 22 #62

Luckily I live in the north towns and not the south towns Niagara Dec 22 #63

You might appreciate this... electric_blue68 Dec 22 #68

I certainly appreciate that, electric_blue68 Niagara Dec 22 #70

I though you'd get a kick out of that! electric_blue68 Dec 22 #71

Worst I remember was the Blizzard of '78... malthaussen Dec 21 #16

There was so much snow in Boston following the blizzard Ritabert Dec 21 #17

Denver (several, but most snow 31.8 inches March, 2003) hlthe2b Dec 21 #20

Blizzard of '93, one of those "Storm of the Century" things. I was in Georgia, so it was bad. Solly Mack Dec 21 #21

The Great Blizzard of 1978. Southeast, Ohio. SamKnause Dec 21 #23

It sounds like you got it worse than Boston did Ritabert Dec 21 #33

I live in Battle Creek, I remember both of these. Americanme Dec 21 #25

Chicago 1967. greatauntoftriplets Dec 21 #26

See my post #27 (n/t) PJMcK Dec 21 #28

I was in Valparaiso, Indiana during that blizzard. murielm99 Dec 21 #43

Suburb of Chicago 1967 PJMcK Dec 21 #27

LOL, that sounds like fun. greatauntoftriplets Dec 21 #30

Which suburb? Martin Eden Dec 21 #37

We lived in Downers Grove PJMcK Dec 21 #38

I've lived in Downers Grove since 1986 Martin Eden Dec 21 #39

We lived at 6208 Fairmont Drive PJMcK Dec 21 #40

I'm 3 miles west of your old house Martin Eden Dec 21 #44

Fun conversation PJMcK Dec 21 #56

Happy holidays for you and yours as well Martin Eden Dec 21 #59

I remember that blizzard Cadfael Dec 22 #72

Worst winter, NYC 1996 PJMcK Dec 21 #31

One particular period in January, 1996 no_hypocrisy Dec 21 #41

Gosh, what a travail! PJMcK Dec 22 #69

Mid 1960s, Loring Air Force Base, Maine piddyprints Dec 21 #34

I remember getting two feet on the day before MLK Day a few years ago nuxvomica Dec 21 #42

Probably 1977 or 78 in eastern Ohio. doc03 Dec 21 #46

The winter of 1983 in South Lake Tahoe, CA 10 Turtle Day Dec 21 #47

Indiana blizzard of 1978 Emile Dec 21 #49

As above, the Blizzard of 1978. I was living on Fort Knox, Kentucky at the time. Aristus Dec 21 #51

Halloween Blizzard of 1991 in MN - 37 inches of snow in Duluth without accounting for drifts. waterwatcher123 Dec 21 #53

On that day, True Dough Dec 21 #54

You are quite right - seared into memory after following a plow truck for hours and hours trying to get home. waterwatcher123 Dec 21 #58

not really a snowstorm per se but Skittles Dec 21 #55

I was going to say Blizzard of 1969 until reminded of the Great Blizzard of 1978 in Boston. Eugene Dec 21 #57

my ex was in grad school at Harvard when the 1969 storm happened yellowdogintexas Dec 22 #66

In England in the mid-80s LogDog75 Dec 21 #60

NJ in the early '60's mnhtnbb Dec 21 #61

1967 ProfessorGAC Dec 22 #65

The worst was in New York, probably 1975 or 6. surrealAmerican Dec 22 #67

NW OH 78 VGNonly Dec 23 #73

North Dakota 1966 AuntieKatie Dec 23 #74

Blizzard of '79 in Illinois/Wisconsin AllyCat Dec 24 #75