On Jan. 12, 1888, a howling northwest wind swept across the Great Plains with no warning. The ferocious storm caught major cities by surprise in mid-March, paralyzing transportation, disrupting communication, and isolating millions of people. .

I ever experienced" had buried New York City. The Great Blizzard of 1888, which struck the American Northeast, became the most famous weather event in history. Could the Blizzard of 1993, that I wrote about last week, be its rival. Even though this storm was confined to a smaller area, the Blizzard of 1888 set the standard for the most severe blizzard on record for the U.S. in my opinion. In the Great Plains, states were hit by the Schoolhouse Blizzard that trapped children in schools and killed 235 people.. Snowfall may have occurred elsewhere, but settler population was sparse outside of New England at that time. David Laskin, author of The Children’s Blizzard, notes that by 1 PM the storm had “covered almost all of the Dakota Territory, the western two-thirds of Nebraska, and the northwestern fringe of Minnesota. The Great Blizzard of 1888 was very damaging for the Northeastern United States.In that blizzard, 400 people died, 200 ships sunk, and snowdrifts were 10 or 15 feet high.

Piano maker William Steinway woke up on March 12, 1888, and discovered "the most fearful snowstorm . The so-called “Schoolhouse Blizzard,” also known as “The Children’s Blizzard,” blew down from Canada and into areas that are now South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. . In 1880–1881 there was a winter that people in the Dakotas called the "Hard Winter". The blizzard hit on January 12, 1888, catching people off-guard on an otherwise pleasant winter day. The Great Snow of 1717 was a series of snowstorms between February 27 and March 7, 1717 (Gregorian calendar) that blanketed the colony of Virginia and the New England colonies with five or more feet (1.5 or more meters) of snow, and much higher drifts. The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard, School Children's Blizzard, or Children's Blizzard, hit the U.S. plains states on January 12, 1888. A sudden, fierce blizzard slashed across Nebraska 125 years ago today. Dec 28, 2012 - Explore babysnow04's board "Blizzard of 1888", followed by 204 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about History, Old photos and Vintage new york. On January 12, 1888, an unexpected blizzard swept across the prairies and claimed 235 lives, most of them children.

Well, the 1993 blizzard covered more territory and there were more modern methods to deal with it.

The blizzard came unexpectedly on a relatively warm day, and many people were caught unaware, including children in …