25 Years Later: KDKA-TV Legends Reflect On Blizzard Of '93

March 13, 1993 - it was the snowstorm to end all snowstorms. It became known as the Blizzard of '93; KDKA-TV Meteorologist Ron Smiley looks back with Harold Hayes and Dennis Bowman.

[@leesenger3094]

I started hitchhiking from Youngstown, Oh. to Virginia Beach,Va. the day this storm started. I ended up snowed in afoot on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for two days. I spent those in my mummy bag on a sandbank next to a small creek under an overpass outside of Somerset. It was cold cold cold but at sunrise the world was so clean and beautiful upon the freshly fallen snow!

[@lemondishonor7736]

I was a teenager when this happened. I was supposed to report to work at a Station Square to shovel but I couldn’t make it.

[@Seveneleven44]

My mom was/is a nurse, she got stranded at work unfortunately, and ended up having to shack up at work for 10 days until the national guard could clear the roads to our house. Our neighbor was bringing milk, water, eggs via snowmobile. At the time, the snow was drifted over 12 feet high around my parents house, and at one point my dad was talking to some national guard men about possibly bringing a helicopter in to fly us out of our house because the snow was 10-12feet high in drifts on the roads leading to our house. We live very rural and I don’t remember much other than my dad constantly worrying about making sure the fireplace had plenty of ventilation and constantly boiling snow for drinking water. We were stranded for 10 days total.

[@terintiaflavius3349]

My mom worked for Bell Telephone back then she had to stay overnight too

[@standupG1]

I was a freshman at Pitt living in the Towers (the dormitories in Oakland). I'm pretty sure that was during Spring Break.

[@scrumthebum2451]

It’s amazing I live in eastern Pennsylvania & we’ve had like 15 or 20 storms over 20” & Pittsburgh has only 2 because Pittsburgh gets twice as many days with snow annually

[@erichutchinson1038]

Pittsburgh doesn't get the Noreaster storms that eastern PA or lake effect snows in the NW parts.

[@habituallinestepper8839]

I remember this well

[@williamsparrow9527]

We were at that parade!! 🤘🏾

[@altfactor]

Someone I know in Pittsburgh claims that a blizzard there this coming weekend (January 19th-21st, 2019) could break the 1993 record for the biggest storm there, since there may be both snow from the "main system", enhanced with additional snow coming in all the way down from Lake Erie!

[@shycheyenne9460]

Did they get the snow storm expected

[@altfactor]

@@shycheyenne9460 I think they did get a big storm, but it didn't break the 1993 record.

[@jbird24100]

the huge snowstorm we were supposed to get ended up being all rain

[@deaddog5344]

Here is a list of the largest snowstorms on record for Pittsburgh:
27.4″ - November 24-26, 1950.
25.9″ - December 16-18, 1890.
25.3″ - March 12-14, 1993.
21.9″ - February 5-6, 2010.
18.5″ - January 8-9, 1886.
18.0″ - January 8-9, 1884.
Jan 17, 2019 Posted

[@anwarjalane8160]

I was there

[@LuckyTheCat777]

it does not snow in Pittsburgh as much any more

[@wuyiwolf2660]

look outside now

[@LuckyTheCat777]

@@wuyiwolf2660 ya but been a long time though

[@theduckclanofficial2884]

I remember how last winter was so mild. It was sad

[@danacoleman4007]

what about the blizzard of DEEZZ NUTS?!?!!!?

[@kathleenemason4692]

I brought home my first kido home. THIS WAS MARCH 3RD 1993

[@jackinmyhoggoff807]

I dont remember this at all. The Blizzard of 78 I remembered this is the first i heard of 93.

[@shycheyenne9460]

Dang that's snow lol lol

[@shawnathon60]

I lost my 1st car in that crap,.. a fluorescent orange Buick,.. they towed it,, ;'{C>

[@williamnair1991]

This doesn't come pair with the blizzard of 1950.