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weather that decides going outside is a personality flaw worth correcting.
means A severe snowstorm marked by strong winds, blowing snow, and low visibility lasting an extended period.
from An American coinage that surfaced in the 19th century, originally meaning a sharp blow or sudden volley — a 'blizzard' could be a burst of gunfire or a knockout punch. By the 1870s, after some ferocious winters in the American Midwest, the word got drafted to describe nature's own knockout: a violent snowstorm that hits like a fist. Its earlier roots are murky, possibly echoing words like 'blaze' or 'blast,' but no one can say for sure — it has the feel of an invented word that simply sounded as harsh as the thing it named.
- official threshold
- Needs 35 mph winds and quarter-mile visibility for 3 hours
- snow optional
- No new snow required, just enough flying around
- ground blizzard
- Clear skies above, total whiteout at eye level
- deadly stillness
- Whiteouts erase distance, depth, and the horizon entirely
- name origin
- 1870s American slang before it meant a storm
schoolhouse blizzard 1888 — january 12, 1888 whiteout in nebraska and dakota that killed dozens of schoolchildren
white hurricane of 1975 — november 1975 lake superior blizzard that sank the ss edmund fitzgerald with 29 crew