Blizzard of '88 N.Y.C.
By Steve Cichorsky, ; posted February 11, 2010; hits 1857
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| The storm, referred to as the Great White Hurricane, paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. Telegraph infrastructure was disabled, isolating Montreal and most of the large northeastern U.S. cities from Washington, D.C. to Boston for days. |