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It was Jan. 31, 1977, when this poor freezing man appeared on the cover of TIME. The story inside, which detailed the effects on the United States of what the publisher’s letter called “the bitterest cold spell in memory.”
The first-ever reported snow fall in West Palm Beat, Fla., had shocked residents. Buffalo had been buried under more than 120 in. of the white stuff that season. And, ironically, areas that needed snow — the ski resorts of Idaho, for example — had to rely on snow-making machines despite the cold temperatures. Record lows were reported in cities nationwide. The natural-gas industry went into crisis mode. Maryland declared a state of emergency as the state’s seafood industry was shut down by a frozen bay.
But, of course, 1977 wasn’t the only year that the U.S. suffered under snow — and, right now, the Northeast is bracing for what promises to be a major blizzard.
Here are the stories of seven other noteworthy storms from American history, as told by TIME:
From the Nov. 25, 1946, issue: Blizzard on the Prairie
When a major storm hit Colorado, ranchers found that feeding and protecting their herds was more difficult than ever:
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From the Jan. 5, 1948, issue: The Big Snow
Though New Yorkers “disregard nature until it makes more noise than the subway,” a storm at the turn of 1948 got their attention:
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From the Feb. 17, 1961, issue: The Cause of the Snow
Blizzards in 1961 were, TIME reported, due to a vicious cycle of weather, in which storms kept the ground from warming, which allowed cold air to get up under warmer winds, causing further storms. The result was a string of bad weather nationwide:
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From the Feb. 3, 1967, issue: The 24-Million-Ton Snow Job
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When Chicago was hit with a record 23 inches of show in 1967, it shut down the city almost entirely:
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From the Feb. 6, 1978, issue: Now It’s The Midwest’s Turn
A blizzard in early 1978 struck the East first, before turning bringing the Midwest to a stand-still and costing the auto industry an estimated $130 million:
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From the Feb. 20, 1978, issue: Blizzard of the Century
The bad weather of 1978 continued as Providence received 26 inches of snow, coastal landmarks in Massachusetts were destroyed and temperatures even in the South plunged down to well below freezing:
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From the Jan. 22, 1996, issue: The Blizzard of ’96
A more recent blizzard drew complaints from some New Yorkers that there were “no trains, no cabs, no nothin’ — just snow”:
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