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10 Photos from the Blizzard of ’96 That Prove It Was the Craziest Snowstorm EVER
It’s the 20th anniversary of the Blizzard of ’96, which battered the East Coast from Massachusetts down to North Carolina. See just how epic it was with these incredible pictures.
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Nyc Sidewalk Snow Tunnel
Getty Images Manhattanites got around through tunnel-like clearings through heaping snow piles. More than 20 inches fell in New York City. -
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Skiing In Front Of Capitol Building
Getty Images Oh, no big deal. Just some Washington, D.C., residents skiing past the Capitol Building. Parts of the area received as much as 25 inches of snow! -
30 Foot Piles Of Snow For Kids
Getty Images Kids climbed on top of 30-foot piles of snow in New York City, nearly reaching traffic lights. -
Philly Trucks Dumping Snow Into Schuylkill River
Getty Images Snow was cleared by the truckload in Philadelphia, which got hit with about 30 inches, and then dumped into the Schuylkill River. -
Virginia Cars
Hard to tell, but there are whole cars under the snow in this photo taken in Fairfax, VA. Parts of that state got a whopping 47 inches! via PatrickRockeyWeather on Facebook. -
Blizzard Of 96 Philly Woman Falling
6ABC Action News/Facebook A brave Philadelphia-area woman tried walking, or maybe marching, through the powder, only to take a tumble (she got back up again!). via 6ABC Action News/Facebook -
Traffic Route 93 Andover Ma
Getty Images Traffic came to a near-standstill in the Boston area, as this photo of Route 93 in Andover, MA, shows. Beantown was hammered with about a foot-and-a-half of snow. -
Fifth Avenue Manhattan
Getty Images Shoppers along glitzy Fifth Avenue in Manhattan practically walked single-file because only a narrow pathway could be cleared. -
Nyc Snow Dumped By Trucks Into East River
Getty Images New York City's East River looked more like a snowy meadow with all the powder sanitation trucks were pouring into it! -
Cars In Snow Manhattan
Getty Images BURIED! We wouldn't want to be the drivers who had to dig out these cars in Manhattan.