Editorial

The Blizzard of 1993

by Seth Isenberg

Thirty years ago, our area was surprised by a ferocious snow storm that dumped just short of two feet of snow on White Haven and Weatherly. This was a blinding snowstorm, with howling winds that froze the area during the storm and slowed it for a couple of days more during dig-out.

It displayed all the power that a historic Nor’Easter can deliver. Here in 2023, Nor’Easters have been recognized for the winter hurricanes that they are. Bomb cyclones = hurricanes.

The Nor’Easter that blew through here on Tuesday missed us with its wrath. We caught the back edge and are lucky. As I finish this editorial, I checked Accuweather and saw this storm left snowfalls of nearly 20” in southwest New Hampshire, and near 18” in the Catskills. Add the hurricaneforce gusts and there are power outages.

So, count us fortunate that we didn’t see a repeat of the Blizzard of ’93, and remember as weather tends to repeat itself eventually, so we could get big snows in one of the next Nor’Easters.