It was an ordinary day. 31 years ago, the Blizzard of 1993 dumped nearly two feet of snow on south-eastern Pennsylvania. The storm was one of the most intense mid-latitude cyclones ever observed over the Eastern United States. The Great Blizzard of '93 was a cyclonic storm formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993. The storm will be remembered for its tremendous snowfall totals from Alabama through Maine, high winds all along the East coast, extreme coastal flooding along the Florida west coast, incredibly low barometric pressures across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, and for the unseasonably cold air that followed behind the storm,” the National Weather Service said. “In terms of human impact the Superstorm of 1993 was more than significant than most landfalling hurricanes or tornado outbreaks and ranks among the deadliest and most costly weather events of the 20th Century.” The 1993 Superstorm moved across a densely populated portion of the country. About 40 percent of Americans were directly impacted. Nearly 10 million people lost power. The death toll topped 200. More people died in Pennsylvania than any other state. The National Weather Service provided the following breakdown of fatalities and where they happened: Pennsylvania: 49, Florida: 44, New York: 23, North Carolina:19, Alabama:16, Georgia: 15, Tennessee: 14, Virginia: 13, Kentucky: 5k, West Virginia: 4, Maryland: 3, Maine: 2, South Carolina: 1. The storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993. The cold weather, heavy snowfall, high winds and storm surges that the storm brought affected a very large area; at its height, it stretched from Canada to Honduras. The cyclone moved through the Gulf of Mexico and then through the Eastern United States before moving on to Eastern Canada. It eventually dissipated in the North Atlantic Ocean on March 15. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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