by: austin hill blizzards. a blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low...
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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
year.http://www.minnesota-visitor.com/images/wintertrain.jpg
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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.
http://www.freewebs.com/professorchickensdiseases/frostbite2.jpg
• 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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Credits Page
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