Comparisons To Past Storms
Overall, the blizzard of 1993 caused a total of US$6.6 billion of damage. For their part, New England residents tend to point to the Blizzard of 1978 as their "storm of the century," due largely to its unrelenting snowfall, which temporarily dislocated the weather-hardened region, while Mid-Atlantic residents tend to point to the Blizzard of 1996 for similar reasons. Eastern Canadians, in particular Quebecers, refer to the Blizzard of 1971. The last blizzard to have such an effect on the Southeast was the Great Blizzard of 1899.
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