Ground Blizzard Research Paper

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Blizzards are dangerous winter storms that are a combination of blowing snow and wind. Sometimes severe cold temperatures and heavy snow fall occur but they are not needed for a blizzard to occur. While a blizzard is going on there can be very high, strong winds that can pick up snow that had already fell on the ground and result in a ground blizzard. The National Weather Services considers a blizzard a large storm with large amounts of snow or blowing snow with winds up to 35 miles per hour and visibilities of less than a quarter of a mile for an extended period of time. Usually there will be a “Blizzard Warning” sent out to everyone near the blizzard that it is coming and to get the nearest shelter and stay off the roads. Blizzards are very …show more content…

Thousands of people are killed or injured in traffic accidents every year due to dangerous road conditions. While driving with a ground blizzard happening it is even more dangerous cause your car is on the ground and you are in it driving. A Ground Blizzard is when you have little to no snow fall or you have a lot and it stays on the ground, it can even happen with a warm front such as when the blizzard happened in the great plains. When the temperature drops and the wind chills increase the wind speed can go up to 50- 60 miles per hour most likely causing an arctic …show more content…

Blizzards cause very dangerous conditions for everyone to handle and you need to stay home when you get an alert or see the weather is going to be bad because, if you do not you could be one of the people that get stuck out there and could end up with hypothermia or with your car flipped over while you are in it. Also, make sure the pipes in your houses are insulated or heated by something because if a blizzard came you could have a chance of your pipes bursting and causing a lot of expensive damage and not only that but a huge mess. Blizzards are very dangerous because they are life threatening conditions, do not allow anyone to travel anywhere, and what it causes everyone have to deal with during the blizzard and with the aftermath of the

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