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		The Great Blizzard of 1888 (March 11 – March 14, 1888) was one of the most severe blizzards in United States recorded history, with snow drifts in excess of 50 feet (15 m).
		As with some other recorded Great Blizzards, the preceding weather was unseasonably mild with heavy rains that turned to snow as temperatures dropped rapidly.
		The "Great White Hurricane," as it was called, paralyzed the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, through to the Maritime provinces of Eastern Canada.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Great_Blizzard_of_1888 (477 words)

	Great Blizzard of '88 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Blizzard of 1888 (March 11 – March 14, 1888) was one of the most severe blizzards in United States recorded history, with snow drifts in excess of 50 feet (15 m).
		The "Great White Hurricane," as it was called, paralyzed the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, through to the Maritime provinces of Eastern Canada.
		As with some other recorded Great Blizzards, the preceding weather was unseasonably mild with heavy rains that turned to snow as temperatures dropped rapidly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_'88 (372 words)

	Blizzard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy snow.
		An extreme form of blizzard is a whiteout, when downdrafts coupled with snowfall become so severe that it is impossible to distinguish the ground from the air.
		Earlier that year, the Great Plains states were struck by the Schoolhouse Blizzard that left children trapped in schoolhouses and killed 235 people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blizzard (748 words)

	Schoolhouse Blizzard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two months later, another severe blizzard hit the East Coast states; this blizzard was known as the Blizzard of 1888.
		The Blizzard of 1888 which hit the east coast just two months later was much smaller in comparison to the Schoolhouse Blizzard.
		Not to be confused with the Blizzard of 1888, which affected the East Coast later that year.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schoolhouse_Blizzard (408 words)

	The Blizzard of 1888
		Blizzard of 1888, 14th St. between 5th and 6th Avenues looking West, March 1888.
		A severe blizzard is defined as having winds exceeding 45 miles an hour, visibility of a quarter mile or less, and temperatures of 10 degrees F or lower.
		The "Great White Hurricane," as it was called, paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/blizzard1.html (359 words)

	Blizzards
		Yes, the Blizzard of '88 was like nothing that had been seen in modern times, and for a brief time the urbanized Northeast was returned to the quiet of its rural past.
		Though 400 people died in the Blizzard of '88, it was a credit to New Englanders' hardiness and hard work that the roads and railroad tracks got cleared and the phone lines got reconnected as quickly as they did, with only horse drawn equipment available to do the job.
		The Blizzard of 1978 many of us experienced, and the blizzard of 1888 of which Twain wrote, and the snows and especially the brutal cold of this winter, bad though they may be, are ordinary conditions in Minnesota and the Dakotas and Nebraska and eastern Montana.
	www.eecs.harvard.edu /~lewis/Blizzards.html (872 words)

	The Blizzard of 1888; the Impact of this Devastating Storm on New York Transit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Probably it had not been for the blizzard the people of the city might have ignored one for an indefinite time enduring the nuisance of electric wires dangling from poles, of slow trains running on the trestlework, and slower cars drawn by horses in the streets dangerous with their center tearing rails.
		To the great majority of municipal and suburban New-Yorkers the great blizzard was a surprise party of the worst kind.
		Then began the great storm that is to become for years a household word, a symbol of the worst of weathers and the limit of nature's possibilities under normal conditions.
	www.nycsubway.org /articles/1888-blizzard.html (4845 words)

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		Blizzard in 1993 Tops New Rating List RANDOLPH E. Associated Press WASHINGTON - The superstorm of 1993 was the most devastating blizzard to strike the Northeast in at least a century, according to a new system that rates the impact of East Coast winter storms.
		Kocin said he can foresee a day when it might be possible to develop the blizzard scale for use in warning of coming events the way the Saffir-Simpson scale is used with hurricanes.
		Under their system, the storm that has become perhaps the most famous in the Northeast, the great Blizzard of 1888, ranks fourth.
	www.weathermatrix.net /education/blizzard93/aparticle.txt (784 words)

	Blizzard 1888, New York City
		In such a great thoroughfare as the Bowery there was almost no life and movement saving such as the storm furnished.
		In Brooklyn the blizzard blew off the roofs of five houses, which were occupied by nine families.
		Great heaps of snow, from six to fifteen feet in height, rose in the gutters.
	www.maggieblanck.com /NewYork/Blizzard88.html (2227 words)

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		The blizzard became renowned as "the schoolchildren's blizzard" because the storm hit the Dakota territories and Nebraska at especially vulnerable times, when schoolchildren were at recess or (in the case of Nebraska especially) were coming home from school.
		Many of them had not been on the prairie long when they experienced the blizzard of 1888; many had come in response to the Homestead Act of 1862, but some had come later.
		Yet their accounts of the blizzard of 1888 are shot through with amazement, awe, disbelief...Even those who never wrote another word about themselves put down on paper everything they could remember about the great blizzard of 1888.
	www.epinions.com /content_315088604804 (1464 words)

	Blizzard of 1888 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Further down is a short piece on the great 1888 blizzard which celebrates its anniversary tomorrow (Tuesday).
		Like most tragedies, some good came from the blizzard in New York as it lead to utility lines being buried underground and the creation of the subway system.
		Although there have been many heavier snowfalls as well as significantly lower temperatures, the blizzard's combination of inclement conditions has been unmatched in 110 years.
	www.ridgelymd.org /blizzardof1888.htm (446 words)

	One for the Record Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The blizzard of 2003 closely resembled the storm of 1979 in that both occurred on the Washington's Birthday Holiday weekend.
		This one does qualify as a blizzard under the definitions which is a combination of high winds carrying a great amount of snow, low temperatures, and poor visibility.
		Except for the March 1958 snowstorm and the 1983 blizzard, all of these storms have occurred (or began) on weekends.
	www.ridgelymd.org /snowstorms.htm (545 words)

	Oldtime Nebraska -- The Big Brash Blizzard of 1888
		Without sufficient warning in early 1888, a great snowstorm impudently attacked the plains states, and a different blizzard later paralyzed the East.
		In the aftermath of the massive blizzard, Seymour H. Dopp kept his 17 pupils protected overnight in the country schoolhouse, where they had stockpiled fuel for a warm fire, and sheltered his faithful riding horse in the chilly enclosure of an unheated cob shed.
		Modern chroniclers, ignoring the U. heartland, seem to prefer to refer to a blizzard in New York and Pennsylvania only as the "Blizzard of 1888." But that snowstorm was significantly smaller when compared to 1888's earlier blast striking right down the country's mid-section.
	www.olden-times.com /oldtimenebraska/n-dtaylor/blizzard.html (633 words)

	Dr. Dewpoint Article - 25th Anniversary of The 1978 Blizzards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the Appalachian states it was the Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 and then more recently the Storm of the Century in March of 1993.
		In the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, it may be the Blizzard of January 1978.
		All snowstorms of significant magnitude get inevitably compared to these two blizzards much in the same way storms prior to that date had always been compared to historical blizzards such as the Chicago storm of 1967 or the east coast blizzard of March 1888.
	www.intellicast.com /DrDewpoint/Library/1371 (1064 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / R.I. / Storm of 1993 tops new winter storm rating scale for the Northeast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The superstorm of 1993 was the most devastating blizzard to strike the Northeast in at least a century, according to a new system that rates the impact of East Coast winter storms.
		WASHINGTON -- The superstorm of 1993 was the most devastating blizzard to strike the Northeast in at least a century, according to a new system that rates the impact of East Coast winter storms.
		Under their system, the storm that has become perhaps the most famous in the Northeast, the great Blizzard of 1888, ranks fourth.
	www.boston.com /news/local/rhode_island/articles/2004/03/10/storm_of_1993_tops_new_winter_storm_rating_scale_for_the_northeast (853 words)

	The Blizzard of 1888, also known as The Great White Hurricane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The worst blizzard in history to hit the eastern United States occurred on March 11th and 12th 1888.
		The Blizzard of 1888 was not predicted, and as people went about their normal lives, a massive storm struck without warning.
		The blizzard covered, in its whirl of wind and rain and snow, the entire territory of the eastern United States, and waltzed off into the stormy Atlantic, to hide itself, after the mischief it had done, in the cave of Aeolus [Keeper of the Winds].
	www.celebrateboston.com /disasters/blizzardof1888.htm (555 words)

	blizzard
		Some lost their lives in what came to be known as the Blizzard of 1888.
		On Saturday morning, March 10, 1888, New York had learned that an enormous area of low pressure (a trough) extending from Canada to the Gulf coast, was headed eastward at a good speed.
		Two storm systems were located near Green Bay, WI, and St. Louis, MO. A midday report said that the St. Louis storm had moved to the southeast, spreading heavy rain to GA and FL, and that rain or snow was falling all the way north to Michigan.
	eev.liu.edu /thevoice/Voicebackissues/num16/guess/guessbz.htm (758 words)

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		Answer: As a massive wind-driven snow event, "blizzard" is of debatable origin, but initially it meant "a stunning blow" such as a boxer's knockout punch, says Randy Cerveny in "Freaks of the Storm." U.S. frontiersman Davy Crockett himself once referred to "taking a blizzard" (in this case a rifle shot) at a deer.
		The Great Blizzard of 1888, one of the worst in American history, unloosed 70 mph winds and 20-foot plus drifts and killed 400.
		Out of that blizzard came the story of businessman C. McDonald, who while mired in a snowdrift collided with a hard object and got a nasty gash on the head.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,660193332,00.html (449 words)

	The Blizzard of 1888 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		One of the most spectacular and harrowing events in the history of the Great Plains was the Blizzard of January 12, 1888.
		It was the combination of gale winds, blinding snow, and rapidly falling temperatures that made the 1888 blizzard so dangerous.
		Because of the suddenness of its onset, the blizzard caught many children away from in one-room schoolhouses.
	www.nebraskahistory.org /publish/markers/texts/blizzard_of_1888-2.htm (199 words)

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		New York City Monday, March 12-14 The great blizzard of 1888 claimed a victim in Roscoe Conkling, the eminent lawyer, who had been Senator from New York.
		The blizzard of 1888 long remained a favorite topic among New Yorkers.
		Then came a severe spell of frost, which turned the great expanse of slush into a huge cake of ice, swept by fierce gales and blanketed again with a heavy descent of snow.
	www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Manhattan/1888.Snow.html (426 words)

	Amazon.com: The Blizzard of '78: Books: Michael Tougias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Storm of the Century: New England's Great Blizzard of 1978 by Christopher J. Haraden
		Tougias' book will be cherished by anyone who survived the Blizzard of '78, as well as by those of us who have been spellbound by its legend.
		Blizzard of 78 was certainly worth the time and money I put into it and I strongly reccomend it for anybody interested in meteorology and/or New England.
	www.amazon.com /Blizzard-78-Michael-Tougias/dp/0971954755 (1604 words)

	The Brighter Side of History - March 11
		The great blizzard of 1888 (March 11-14). dumped 20" of snow in Baltimore and 40" in New York. Drifts in the Big Apple were up to 20 feet and over 200 people perished.
		Stempel was disgruntled and angry that Van Doren received a great amount of attention where he received little.
		The concept was introduced earlier in Great Britain during WWI as a coal-conserving measure.
	www.amug.org /~jpaul/mar11.html (2342 words)

	Pioneer Letters - Hutchinson
		Times pretty hard, a great many people wont be able to meet their debts, wheat only 50 cts.
		These are a transcription of letters my great-grandfather wrote my great grandmother when he had to go to Colorado for his health at doctor's orders.
		Great grandfather George Edward Scobell was born the 25th July 1860 in Bosanquet Twp., Lambton, Ontario, CN and died the 4th October, 1909 in Vineland, Pueblo, CO at age 49.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/sd/topic/letters/hutchinson.htm (1734 words)

	The Long View
		Yesterday's blizzard blanketed New York City with the heaviest snowfall in its history, following one of the warmest Januaries on record.
		The Great Blizzard of 1888 (March 11 — March 14, 1888) was one of the fiercest blizzards in United States recorded history, with snow drifts in excess of 50 feet (15 m).
		The "Great White Hurricane," as it was called, paralyzed the East Coast of the United States from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine.
	www.johnreilly.info /14Feb06.htm (1183 words)

	Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki
		Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).
		In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of Three Emperors.
		January 12 - Blizzards (see: Schoolhouse Blizzard) hit Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, with 235 dead, many of whom were children on their way home from school.
	www.financechoices.co.uk /personal-finance-wiki.php?title=1888 (1881 words)

	WHERE EVERYONE IS FAMOUS - New York Times
		In the very first in this collection, ''Wickedness,'' destinies roar in with the great blizzard of 1888, as seen in a series of vignettes that detail the survival (or demise) of various Nebraskans caught in the blinding snow.
		Hansen's focus is the blizzard itself, a force that is amoral in its indifference to foolishness or heroism.
		And his geographical range is almost as great: several of the stories are set in Nebraska, but others crop up in Indiana and Long Island, even in an unidentified jungle.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2D71738F93AA25751C0A96F948260 (496 words)

	EJ Phillips 1830-1904 Blizzard of 1888
		The Blizzard of 1888 lasted 36 hours and began on March 12.
		I remember this play more vividly than any other of my experience for it was played in the year of the great blizzard.
		Blizzard of 1888, Virtual New York, New Media Lab, CUNY http://www.vny.cuny.edu/blizzard/bliz_hp.html
	home.comcast.net /~m.chitty/blizzard.htm (1011 words)

	1888 blizzard - The Lewes Historical Society
		Great Blizzard of 1888 Park Place in Brooklyn, March 14, 1888.
		Gerald braves the blizzard of 1888 to find a drugstore to get medicine for his little sister.
		The blizzard of January 12, 1888, is still remembered on the prairie.
	blizzard.recommendlist.com /rl/blizzard-1888-blizzard.htm (257 words)

	History
		The cornerstone of the current church was set in 1889 (one year after the Great Blizzard of 1888, when, it is said, the priest in charge was snowed in for a week with only a bag of clams for sustenance.
		By 1909, Northport had its own water service, eliminating the need for outhouses ('cold and uncomfortable in winter, and hot and oppressive in the summer', one account says) and Trinity was being used for "community events and fellowship" and had doubled in size.
		Among such events, recalls longtime villager, Henrietta VanSiclen, was the appearance at Trinity of the great opera star, Enrico Caruso, one of a number of singers invited by a wealthy Centerport socialite and parishioner, Countess May deBrabant, to sing at the Church.
	www.trinityec.com /history.htm (527 words)

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