Worst snow storm you've experienced?

[Solly Mack]

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

North Georgia. No power. High winds. Cars buried. Snow drift up to the 6th step of my 10 steps back deck. Front door completely snowed in. Whiteout conditions. Pure powder. Airlifts (supplies) to people stuck in the higher mountain areas - no other way up or down. Extreme cold. It was wild. Ice and snow on the roads. Trees down. Roofs caved in from the weight of the snow. Huge snowmen being built - easy 15 feet high.

Growing up, schools would close at the threat of 1 inch of snow, so you can well imagine how little prepared the state was for what was about to happen.

We were home for the event. I loved watching the snow come down but it was mostly swirling because of the wind. The wind sounded like a tornado. You couldn't see anything really, not until morning. It was beautiful. Deadly, but beautiful.


I've been in snowstorms in both Colorado and Kansas (snow came up to my thighs and I did have to be out in it), and Georgia '93 was the worst for me.

But, no, nothing like in your photo.

It was bad, just not that bad.