I was around for the blizzard of 77. Although this one was tough, 77 was worse imho. City was shut down for 2 weeks, and the burbs one week.. -20F temps and drifts so hard you could walk on them. There were cars in the middle of Grover Cleveland golf course in May when the snow melted as the city dumped snow there and had picked up some smaller cars unknowingly. My employer sent me in to work one week after to see how many made it in....8 out of 400 about....that was a week later! I was instructed to shut it down again....which I did. (go home, go home, it was easy) 20 ft drifts both north and south of the city. (Furman Blve, Keck road) Anyhow, I guess that timing does make it once in a generation. (or two)