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snowstorm / blizzard

What is the difference between blizzard and snowstorm? --SM (talk) 05:58, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A blizzard is a stronger storm, with higher windspeeds, and more snow. Also, please use this talk page only for matters regarding the article itself, not the topic of the article. Skipper1931 (talk) 15:44, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

citation needed??

From the article: "Snow is less dense than liquid water, by a factor of approximately 10 at temperatures slightly below freezing, and even more at much colder temperatures. citation needed"

Why on earth is a citation needed? Anyone living in a snowy climate knows this, and it is so well known that noone would write it in a scientific article. Some knowlegde is actually common knowledge, and should not be subjected to this citation requirement. --88.90.165.48 (talk) 22:11, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Long list of cities where snowfall is typical

"in places where snowfall is typical, such as Utica, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit, Bismarck, Fargo, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Omaha, St. Louis, Des Moines, Wichita, Denver, Albuquerque, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Flagstaff, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Portland, Chicago, Syracuse, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Toronto, such small snowfalls are rarely disruptive..."

Some people have gone through the effort of compiling this list, so I wanted to check before removing it. I think the article reads much better without this long, and inherently incomplete, list of cities. It also doesn't present a "worldwide view". I think "in places where snowfall is typical, such small snowfalls are rarely disruptive..." would be good enough. Freeinfo (talk) 13:46, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just boldly removed a few of the cities without realizing there was an attempted discussion on the talk page about it. I figured there was no need for SO MANY cities, and I shortened it by keeping it to one city per state and removing some cities which were quite near others. Personally, I agree with you that completely removing the list would not hurt the article; however, I didn't want to go too far, so I just reduced it. Greengreengreenred 23:56, 19 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Freezing rain

I added some information about the Christmas Day Ice Storm of 2000 that took place in southwestern Arkansas and surrounding areas. This should serve to reinforce the point about the danger of freezing rain. The Christmas Day Ice Storm of 2000 caused devastating electrical issues in parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The city of Texarkana, Arkansas experienced the worst damage, at one point losing the ability to use telephones, power and running water. In some areas in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and eventually Louisiana, over an inch of ice accumulated from the freezing rain.[1] [2] Snowbird225 (talk) 06:17, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  1. ^ "Ice Storm December 25-26, 2000". National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  2. ^ Chris Dolce; Jon Erdman. "The Nation's 10 Worst Ice Storms". Weather Underground. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
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