Blizzards — Winter's Perfect Storm

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 13: Monte Bernstein, of New York, gets some sun in Washington Square Park the morning after a Northeast storm dropped more than two-feet of snow February 13, 2006 in New York City.
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Snow York
The nor'easter which began on the evening of February 11, 2006 left many New Yorkers holding shovels and snow boots when the clouds lifted three days later. Others took to the park to celebrate the record-breaking snowdrifts. With 26.9 inches of snow, the Blizzard of '06 granted the City the most snow since 1869 when the city began recording snow fall.

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