Essay, Research Paper: Blizzards

Blizzards
By:
Jenee McDonald

Blizzards are a combination of wind and snow. Usually
blizzards have heavy snow fall and severe cold, but not
always. Sometimes the strong winds pick up the remaining
snow from the last snowfall and causes a blizzard. The
National Weather System defines a blizzard as large amounts
of falling or blowing snow with winds of 35 mph.
Strong winds, cold temperature and the blizzard all
combined can create many dangers. Exposure to low wind
chill can result in frostbite or hyperthermia. Also,
blizzards can lead to power outages from the strong winds
and heavy snow. Also pipes can freeze and regular fuel
sources may be cut off. Ice can freeze power lines and
telephone lines, and freeze water pipes. Without these it
would make it difficult to survive the blizzard.
There's something not a lot of people know about
blizzards. As the tiny bits of ice are flying through the
air, they are evaporating. The farther they fly, the
smaller they get, so there for the strong winds help in how
much snow cumulates during the blizzard.
Something else bad that come from blizzards is the
cost. Moving snow with machines gets expensive. It costs
time, fuel, and equipment maintenance. An average figure
from highway departments around the USA was about 3$ per
ton, and with modern technology, it doesn't make it any
cheaper.
Another damage from all this is the floods. After
the snow melts, it runs into rivers nd oceans and floods the
land. Also it can make that land soggy to where it's hard
to grow things such as even grass. That leads me to the
worst damage the blizzards do.The worst damage of all is
that the blizzards on the high plains sweep off much of the
winters snow that might have replenished the land for things
to grow.