Winter in Florida is usually when we brag about the weather. Gone are the days of sticky, unrelenting summer heat and tiresome nights tracking tropical storms. Yet it’s usually mild enough that we can sip iced coffee, wear short sleeves outside and spout highfalutin phrases like “it’s Chamber of Commerce weather” and “we live where you vacation.” Not this winter. While we’ve endured nowhere .
N.J. weather: Flashback to brutal blizzard of January 2016 (PHOTOS)
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 22, 2021
Heavy snow and strong winds caused scenes like this across New Jersey during the big blizzard of January 2016. More photos can be found below.Saed Hindash | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Howling winds. Huge snow drifts. Massive flooding. Several fatalities. And scores of power outages.
Those were the far-reaching impacts of a fierce blizzard that pounded New Jersey five years ago this week. At the time, it was described by one weather expert as “an awesome show of nature.” Another called it “one for the record books.”