Up to five feet of snow, winds of 45 miles per hour and higher, snowdrifts of 50 feet and higher. This was the "Great White Hurricane" of 1888.

The storm struck around midnight on Monday, March 12, and for some people it would be an entire week before they could leave their home again. The blizzard raged for 36 hours. Combined with the constant winds, drifts scaled over three-story houses.

All road and rail traffic ceased in New York City. Two hundred ships were run aground of wrecked, killing around 100 sailors; in total, around 400 people died as a result of the blizzard.

The New York Stock Exchange was shut down for two days. As a direct result of the storm, New York's overhead cables were moved underground, and the city's began building its underground subway system.