'The cities were paralyzed': Photos show historic blizzard that pounded Northeast 135 years ago

MSN - 12/03
After the great blizzard of 1888, the meteorological service separated from the War Department to improve forecasting and weather preparedness.

Beginning March 12, 1888, a destructive blizzard known as the "Great White Hurricane" buried the Northeast with up to 50 inches of snow over the course of three unrelenting days.

When the great storm that became a household word and symbol of the worst weather and “limit of nature's possibilities” swept the east coast,...
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