Caroline

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Blizzard of 1888, 14th St. between 5th and 6th Avenues looking West, March 1888 Read more: __ [|The Blizzard of 1888 — Infoplease.com] ____ [|http://www.infoplease.com/spot/blizzard1.html#ixzz1kQyg4cF0] __ ||

**__ Hi my name is Caroline I am in 5th grade at [|MICDS] I live in [|St.Louis]Missouri __** **__ and I am 10 years old. __**
 * __ I am doing this project in World Geography Class. Our teacher let us pick a special natural disaster to learn about. My topic is about the Blizzard of 1888 in the North East of the United States. I will be explaining about the impact the Blizzard of 1888 had on the North East United States, especially on New York City. I am excited to show you interesting and little known facts and little known things about the Blizzard of 1888. I am excited to tell you all about it so keep reading and enjoy. __**

The famous[| blizzard of 1888] took place from March 11 to March 14 of 1888 in [|New York City] and most of the Eastern United States. There was not much preparation for the Blizzard of 1888 because the storm started as a heavy rain storm in mild temperatures and rapidly changed to a terrible snow storm that began around midnight on the 12th of March, 1888. It snowed so much during the Blizzard of 1888, up to 5 feet of snow. there were winds of over 45 miles per hour and snow drifts as tall as 50 feet. Some snow drifts covered 3 story houses. Over 200 ships were wrecked and 100 sailers were killed because of the Blizzard. In the 1888 Blizzard over 400 people died because there was no heat and all of the people were trapped in there homes and could not go anywhere to get groceries like food or drink or to get logs for a warm fire to help themselves heat up so they do not freeze to death or get frostbite.

The Blizzard of 1888 was called the "white Hurricane". Howling winds and blinding snow covered most of the eastern states. The snow storm lasted over 36 hours. Most People lost electricity because of the storm for several days because the snow and ice and wind tore down the electricity poles. Schools and offices were closed for almost 2 weeks because of the 1888 Blizzard. Transportation was shut down for several days in New York City and much of the Eastern states. Because of the storm, the city of New York built the [|New York city subway] so people could get around if a Blizzard came again.



The 2011 blizzard

The 2011 blizzard was also called the ground hogs day blizzard.This blizzard started as a heavy snow and slowly but shortly turned in to a blizzard. It happened January thirty first to February second. This enormous blizzard effected over 100 million people all across the united states. This blizzard contained blowing snow and mixed participation along a path to New Mexico. This blizzard kept going up to northern Canada. This blizzard also went through the south east part of Colorado and through Kansas. Interstates and highways were closed that Monday of the blizzard. This blizzard also had a big effect on Toronto Canada. Water pipes froze And people starved because of the groundhogs day blizzard. The 2011 blizzard effected lots of people.

The title of my article was Blizzard pounds West, Midwest. By the CNN wire staff. [ http://articles.cnn.com/2011-12-19/travel/travel_winter-storm_1_texas-panhandle-winter-weather-snow-accumulations?_s=PM:TRAVEL ]I found this article in http://articles.cnn.com/2011-12-19/travel/travel_winter-storm_1_texas-panhandle-winter-weather-snow-accumulations?_s=PM:TRAVEL This is related to science because it is weather

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Thanks to [|EBSCO] A snowy nor'easter coming our wayAuthors:Wood, Anthony R.Source:Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA), 02/24/2010; Thanks to Wikipedia [|wikipedia 1888 Blizzard] Thanks to Thanks To You tube for the super cool video 