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The worst storms I remember were the ice storm in January '95 that knocked out our power for the better part of a week and the blizzard in 2011 that dropped 17 inches or so of snow in CoMo and shut the city down for about four days.
In the first instance, we watched ABC on a six-inch black and white TV that was powered with D batteries and kept warm from radiant heat from the wood stove, since the blowers couldn't circulate the heat. In the second case, I spent about four or five hours shoveling the driveway.
Overall, though, I can't remember any winters that were consistently brutal for some reason. The last two have been diet Fall.
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