Talk:Blizzard
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The picture has moved to its own page, but I don't see in the history where it happened. Was this intentional to save loading time? If so, the link ought to say "click here for a blizzard scene". Or was it accidental? In which case it should be restored. I haven't ever "done" a picture, so I'm reluctant to experiment here. Ortolan88
The German Wikipedia suggests that the word "Blizzard" may be derived from German "blitzartig" (=(fast) like lightning). A Google-search lead to contradictory results, so I didn't add it to the article. Does someone know more about this?
I am mailing the question to Merriam-Webster's language research service. I'll keep you updated. --Munchkinguy 19:45, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
According to Merriam-Webster, the word Blizzard was invented in northwestern Iowa between 1860 and 1870. The origin is unknown. --Munchkinguy 00:03, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Pending the outcome of Munchkinguy's research, I have trimmed the text relating to the origin of the word, and added a link to a relevant entry in an online etymology dictionary. Good luck. - mjb 17:43, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The graph made me very interested in the damaging "superstorm of 1983"- but Wikipedia doens't have an article on it... is the year correct or does there just happen to be no article? -samaraphile
Could we get a mention of the Blizzard of 2003? That was impressive, and caused some damage as well. (store roof collapses, DIA terminal roof collapse, travelers on cots in DIA, etc.)
