tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8251674888568567168.post-87512072483666140132007-12-13T17:11:00.001-05:002009-03-17T03:59:23.360-04:00The Blizzard of '47<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5Sj0P1KwIyc/R2G4_k8KAHI/AAAAAAAAACI/q2l8bn3XBeY/s1600-h/hub00037.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; FLOAT: right; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143595651821076594" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5Sj0P1KwIyc/R2G4_k8KAHI/AAAAAAAAACI/q2l8bn3XBeY/s400/hub00037.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Sixty years ago this month, <em>The New York Times </em>headlines read "CITY IS MASTERING RECORD SNOW; BUSES STILL OUT, RAIL LINES GAIN; SUBURBS HARD HIT; 55 DEAD IN EAST".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">A major snowstorm hit New York on Friday, December 26, 1947, crippling the metropolitan area for days and eclipsing the "Blizzard of '88". On March 11, 1888, 16.5 inches of snow fell in a 24-hour period, setting a record, and by the time the storm ended, there were 20.9 inches of snow and drifts of up to fifteen feet.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The 1888 mark was surpassed in the first twelve hours of the 1947 storm, and the final total was 26.4 inches. At times, three to four inches fell in an hour in a surprisingly windless sky. In Westchester County, reports the <em>Times, </em>sled caravans in long, winding columns, became the only way that families could shop for food. The roads and public transportation were not available for several days in the pre-Peapod era. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">The record remained intact until February 12, 2006, when Central Park recorded a total of almost 27 inches.</span> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><p><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The accompanying photo, taken by Max Hubacher, shows the Gibson LIRR station, two days after the storm.<br /><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">Further information (may require login to Proquest databases)</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=87567566&sid=1&Fmt=11&clientId=13364&RQT=309&VName=HNP">"Blizzard of '47", <em>The New York Times,</em> December 28, 1947, p. 1.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/02/12/northeast.snow/index.html">"Record snowfall buries New York City", <em>CNN.com, </em>February 12, 2006.</a></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=105731373&sid=3&Fmt=10&clientId=13364&RQT=309&VName=HNP">"New York City buried under record Snowfall...", <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, December 27, 1947, p. 2.</a></span></p><div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8251674888568567168-8751207248366614013?l=ftlh.blogspot.com'/></div>Hewlett-Woodmere Public LIbraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17653289687577146455noreply@blogger.com0