- American Red Cross: Winter Storms
Provides winter storm and extreme cold weather facts, information about wind chill, hypothermia, frostbite, and tips for dealing with extreme cold weather at home or when traveling.
www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_595_,00.html
- United States Search and Rescue Task Force: Blizzards
Guide to the sever winter storms that pack a combination of blowing snow and wind resulting in very low visibility conditions.
www.ussartf.org/blizzards.htm
- Are You Ready? Winter Storms and Extreme Cold
Tips for preparing for winter storms and extreme cold weather, including maps showing which regions are most likely to experience extreme cold. From FEMA.
www.fema.gov/areyouready/winter.shtm
- Weather.com: Blizzards
Snow storms characterized by low temperatures and accompanied by winds that are at least 35 mph or greater.
www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/blizzard.html
- Blizzards & Snow Theme Page
Lists general blizzard and snow resources.
www.cln.org/themes/blizzards.html
- Snow Almanac
Nor'easters, blizzards, and snowstorms in New England.
www.citysource.com/Seasons/snow.html
- Winter Storms: The Deceptive Killers - A Preparedness Guide
(PDF)
12-page brochure on winter storm preparedness from the National Weather Service, American Red Cross, and NOAA.
www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/winterstorm.pdf
- Major Snowstorms in Chicago
In 1967 and 1979.
www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/snowstorms.html
- Blizzards of 1996, The
Articles, weather maps, and images.
nsidc.org/snow/blizzard/index.html
- Weather Channel: Winter Weather Safety
Tips for handling winter storms and extreme cold weather, including assessing your risk and dealing with storm damage.
www.weather.com/safeside/winter/index.html
- About.com: Blizzards & Snow
Guide to resources.
weather.about.com/cs/blizards/index.htm
- Blizzard Attack!
Educational resource addressing winter storms.
weathereye.kgan.com/expert/blizzard
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