Worst snow storm you've experienced?

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34. Mid 1960s, Loring Air Force Base, Maine

I can't remember exactly what year it was, just that I was in 3rd or 4th grade. And I don't know why we were there, as my dad was Army, not Air Force. Anyway, I always walked to school alone.

The housing was all the same, from one block to another. But I knew which block to walk to until that day. Buses were sent to take us home from school that day, and I couldn't see enough in all that snow to be able to tell which block to get off. I had never ridden a bus before. Its approach was on a the opposite side of the house from what I was used to, since it had to take the roads instead of the path through the woods. I was completely disoriented and got off one block too soon. The drifts were high and the wind was strong. It felt like I was being blown back two steps for every one I took. I finally made it to the front porch and collapsed. My mom heard the thud and then came out and found me, very cold and exhausted.

I might have been in worse snow storms since then, but that still sticks in my mind as the worst because, for me, it was the most dangerous. To this day, I hate snow and wind and everything about winter and storms.