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[javala]

In those days it never occurred to people claw under the bed until it was over....

I remember as child walking to school when the snow was knee high and higher in other places...

click http://news.yahoo.com/photos/great-blizzard-of-1888-changes-nyc-1422231918-slideshow/

As trains pass by on either side, a lone person walks across the Brooklyn Bridge on March 14, 1888. (Wallace G. Levison/Dahlstrom Collection/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The Great Blizzard of 1888 was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in the history of the United States. Snowfalls of 20–60 inches fell in parts of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and sustained winds of more than 45 miles per hour produced snowdrifts in excess of 50 feet.

Railroads were shut down and people were confined to their houses for up to a week. Sources vary on the total devastation caused by this massive storm, but over 400 people lost their lives, some 200 in New York City.

The Great Blizzard of 1947: Photos of New York, Buried in White

Again click on to see the photo slides http://time.com/3593070/snow-blizzard-of-1947-photos-of-new-york/

Something about snowstorms brings out the kid in most of us. Memories of those blessed, almost always unexpected reprieves from the drudgery of school — “Snow day!” — undoubtedly plays a part in the collective excitement, and whether it’s in a vast metropolis or a remote, small town, the prospect of a blizzard elicits something nearly primal in those in the storm’s path.

A History of New York City Snowstorms (1970 - 2014)

http://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2013/01/new-york-city-snowstorms-1979-2011-.html

[scotttie]

Cool photos. (no pun intended) thanks for sharing.

[Shorty2U]

Great pics. The only snow storm I vividly remember is the 36 inch storm here in PA in 1995. I lived in the city then. NO plows came on our side streets. We literally had to SHOVEL the entire street AND the intersecting street to get to the main street. (The main street was plowed). Those were the days when neighbors were friendly and helped each other (unlike now!). The snow was piled on curbs at intersections for a long time and when we could finally drive we had to guess if someone was coming before pulling out into the intersections! Eventually they came and removed the towers of snow at the intersections and took it to the river in dump trucks. I never ever want to see a storm like that again!

[RoughDraft]

On 1/27/2015 Shorty2U said:

Great pics. The only snow storm I vividly remember is the 36 inch storm here in PA in 1995. I lived in the city then. NO plows came on our side streets. We literally had to SHOVEL the entire street AND the intersecting street to get to the main street. (The main street was plowed). Those were the days when neighbors were friendly and helped each other (unlike now!). The snow was piled on curbs at intersections for a long time and when we could finally drive we had to guess if someone was coming before pulling out into the intersections! Eventually they came and removed the towers of snow at the intersections and took it to the river in dump trucks. I never ever want to see a storm like that again!

I remember that storm Shorty. It was so bad you couldn't get the front door open to get out and shovel but eventually most of us worked our way out the door and the entire neighborhood came out to help one another.

One of our neighbor's four year old daughter was with us and playing in the snow when she fell into a heap of snow. Went straight down into it and her dad had to grab onto her shoulders and pull her out!

[javala]

Just happen to recognized a Horn & Hardart Automat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx1E-kDpVQ0

[javala]

Looking at those photos bring back memories

It was cold and we did not have good boots and gloves in those days like we have now.

But the air was crisp and clear there was excitement in the air, people many times were more jubilant I think the last real winters I remember were in the late 1980's and early 90's, after that it was slowly changing but many of us did not realize it, every once in the while the familiar atmosphere was present it was the same with Summer, now we have those season's but the familiar is not there it peculiar compared to what I once knew.

IMHO