By: Austin Hill

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A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow.

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• 35-40 mph winds

• Cold temps.

• Falling/blowing snow

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• Usually around 3 hours, but can last longer.

• For example, if it started at 3 p.m., it could end around 6 p.m.

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• When the conditions are cold and snowy.• Occur mostly around late fall to all of winter.• If you live in the arctic though, they happen all

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• “White-out” conditions• Slick roads• No vision above 20 ft. away• Cold winds (hypothermia/ frostbite)

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• Blizzards can easily kill all crops (if not already by cold weather).

• They can also cause diseases and sicknesses.

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• The New Jersey Dept. of Transportation-$10 million.

• The New Jersey Turnpike Authority-$2.412 million.

• The Garden State Parkway Authority-$2 million.

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• Chionophobia- fear of snow

• Cleptophobia- fear of coldness

• New York gets, on average, 96 inches of snow a year.

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http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/Archives/ED101fa06/mattwall/Weather%20Pictures/Ground%20Blizzard%20Negaunee%20MI.jpg

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00544/english/media/windchill.gif

http://www.wsd1.org/PC_Science/Weatetouched.jpgher/blizzardr.jgp

http://www.minnesota-visitor.com/images/wintertrain.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/professorchickensdiseases/frostbite2.jpg

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:6QEpH3Tr-HJNhM:http://crazystable.squarespace.com/storage/snowsteps.JPG

http://jeanmiele.com/newnews/wp-images/BryantParkBlizzard06.jpg