Lucky for us it's 2009.

A LOOK BACK: THE MARCH 1993 SUPERSTORM. Sixteen years ago this weekend, if you were anywhere between central Alabama and northern Maine, you just barely started digging out from the most ferocious winter storm to strike the Eastern US in over a century. Heck, if you were anywhere East of the Mississippi, this storm impacted your life in some way. Thus, the title 'Storm of the Century' seems perfectly fitting for a blizzard that was at times more tropical in nature even though it began as a snowstorm. As an example of it's study in contrasts for just one state: Florida. While northern Florida experienced sustained wind gusts to the level of a Category 3 hurricane (110 mph), the panhandle received up to 4" of snow while storm surges of 9-12 feet pounded the western shore. Now that is serious March Madness.

From March 12 to 15, nearly 12 inches of snow fell in every major city from Atlanta, GA to Augusta, ME, shutting every airport down between them for over a day. A central low pressure of 960 mb was recorded in White Plains, NY, on par with a Category 1 hurricane. As for snow records, 47" was reported in Grantsville, MD and while temperatures in Birmingham, Alabama dropped to 2 deg F...in March! Every adult resident of the East coast today has a "storm story" about this one, and though many of us enjoy big storms, we can count ourselves as lucky that this history did not repeat itself. Now I yield the floor to our fellow powderhounds to revel in your tales of this lifetime event, and I will share mine in due time.

References:

"Superstorm 1993: A Case Study" Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois.