Blizzard+of+1993

Background The Blizzard of 1993 is also known as the "Storm of the Century" or SuperStorm. It was at the highest rating and possibly he worst storm to hit the East Coast. It consisted of happenings such as tornadoes, high winds, and heavy snow. It left many people in the dark for up to a week. The damaged caused about 270 deaths and billions of dollars in damage. For some states there was up to 50 inches of snow. 1/3 of te country was affected by this terrible weather. = = =Cause?= The cause of this blizzard in 1993 had first started by having the storm system develop a week ahead of time. ** Weather-casters say that the models showed that at the beginning of the week, the chance of this major storm had started to develop over the warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm had started off harmlessly but a low pressure in the upper atmosphere had covered much of the country east of the Rocky mountains. Then early in the morning, a strong ridge of high pressure in the upper atmosphere had positioned just off the U.S. west coast. The ridge had then oriented to the polar branch of the jet stream so that it drove south out of the north pole, causing cold air to flow south into the U.S. east of the Rocky mountains. During the next twenty-four hours, many upper level disturbances had sharpened the low pressure, driving freezing air and energy down the front range of the Rocky mountains into the western Gulf of Mexico. **

Effect? This storm effected the Eastern Coast of America. The blizzard effect 26 of the US states, and cause power outage for millions of people and there were 300 hundred deaths. Many airports were closed because of the massive amount of snowfall so there was many travel interferences. The power was out for up to a week so many had trouble getting around. Also Tornados were forming and destroyed parts of Florida. The Blizzard of 1993 ended in millions of dollars in damage. =Pictures, videos, etc...= media type="youtube" key="V5XcfpFBwtc" height="344" width="425"