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Great historic reminder. It was fascinating and depressing to see how difficult living in those conditions were and how people froze to death just twenty feet from their front porch. We really take much for granted in our time. Thanks for sharing this. The storm started about pm on March 12 when the rain changed over to snow and it continued to snow heavily through the night into the next day for 36 hours straight.

Jennifer, New York ultimately build a subway system a few years later to keep people moving after a blizzard. That is the lesson New York learned from the blizzard of It was difficult for people to get around after the storm. It took a week or more to get public transportation moving again. Ahh, this blizzard of ' What a great year.

I loved playing in the snow after that blizzard. Madison22 and Tony, thanks for your comments. You are right, everyone does look peaceful. I think they are that way because everyone knows they must work together to get everything to normal again. I am so glad we have not had a blizzard like that here in NYC again. That blizzard was indeed horrendous, I never knew about it.

Thank you for such an interesting and informative hub! The storm crippled the city, but looking at the pictures the people seem alright with it, there does seem to be some sense of peacefulness in these photos.

Norah Casey, Thanks for your comment. There were two blizzards at about the same time in the US in The blizzard in NYC stood out because NYC was one of the bigger population centers at the time so it affected the most people.

What a great hub! This blizzard had been mentioned in passing in my US history class in college, but your hub put the event into perspective. No school! One more thought. I'm somewhat baffled. Here in South Carolina we have had record rain falls and the rain has be almost continuous however, we have also experienced some of the coldest days I have ever seen since moving here some 15 years ago. Native South Carolinian are saying the same. Is my understanding wrong? Can you shed some light on this?

Oh, OK didn't notice that but thanks that is good to know and very interesting as well thanks. Oops,I need to pay better attention. Kaye, I just added this one to my list at the bottom of my hub. This an El Nino weather pattern causing these storms. If it is raining a lot in California we will have a storm in about 2 to 3 days in eastern United States as a Snowstorm. Well, here we go again! Hope you fared well up there in NJ. You have a modern version to write about now.

You might want to wait to see what Tuesday will bring. Think there's something going on with this weather trend considering the major events; snow storms, earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones and tsunamis, so closely occurring?

Kaillee, This is all factual. I did some research while writing this hub. All my hubs are factual. I am glad this have been helpful for you.

I am doing a project on this blizzard and i have learned some very, very interesting facts about the blizzard and just about blizzards in general. Ur site is really helping me find some research I hope its all factual :. I believe this phenomena was not acknowledge until sometime in the '20's or 30's but, I'll bet they were in effect back then even if we didn't know it.

Kaye, I think back in the concept of an El Nino or La Nina wasn't conceived as a meteorological phenomena at the time. This storm does sound like a classic El Nino pattern.

I will do a little more research on this one. Yes, I remembered the blizzard very well. That was the winter season we got snow practically every week starting from January thru February of that year.

I have always been fascinated with weather systems. Snow storms can be just as exciting as they can be deadly. While I hate the cold of winter, I can appreciate the components that bring about storms. I remember the blizzard in Little did I know. We barley made it home from the airport that afternoon because of the weather.

NYC clears major roads first, and then secondary, the rest are left to fend as they may. Passenger cars had wood stoves to keep customers from freezing to death, but as wood ran out, card tables and seats were chopped up for use as fuel. Brusselars, who was trapped in her Hartford, Connecticut, house for three days with a dozen refugees. Food ran out, but she reported, "we found that under my back porch about 75 to sparrows had gathered, so we killed some of them, made a few sparrow pies, which helped to sustain us.

In , there was little job security, and workers were docked pay for missing a day—even in a massive snowstorm. Caplovich's book tells the story of William Scribner, of Cannonade, Connecticut, a wire weaver. On the first day of the blizzard, he walked a mile from his house, staggered to his company's main gate, and heard the whistle signaling the start of the shift.

There were amazing rescues. Edward F. Leonard, of Springfield, Massachusetts, reached to pick up a hat on top of a mound of snow, Caplovich relates, and found an unconscious young girl.

She survived. Some enterprising citizens helped others while making a few bucks—sometimes a lot of bucks—for themselves and their businesses. On a mild day before the storm, New York City department store buyer John Meisinger was called on the carpet because he purchased winter merchandise—snow shovels—at the end of the season.

The Great Storm of ' Few seats were occupied, but P. Barnum attended the first show. As the New York Times reported that day, Barnum commented that the storm might be a great show, but he still had the greatest show on earth.

Larry Margasak is a retired Washington journalist and a museum volunteer with the Steinway Diary Project. He has written three previous blogs based on William Steinway's life. Kathy Morisse is a retired international economist, and a Steinway Diary researcher who has written background information that expands on diary entries, with a focus on trips and modes of travel. Don't miss stories like this one. Get our blog by email or sign up for our monthly newsletter. Skip to main content.

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