In recent years snow has been a rare sight in Monroe County and there are probably quite few junior-high age children who don't know how to make a good snowball.

But there is one snowstorm that residents who are old enough to remember will never forget--the "Blizzard of 1993." The storm of all storms dumped at least 15 inches over much of Monroe County with snow totals higher in some areas and snow drifts that were measured in feet at some locations.

The snowstorm 20 years ago began on a Friday (March 12) and did much of its piling up in the overnight hours. Monroe County residents awoke that Saturday morning to frightening sounds and sights, particularly the thunder snow. While the sight of lightning and the sound of thunder while it snows is not uncommon to the Plains States, it was unheard of to many in Monroe Country until that day.

But this was no ordinary snow.  

See full story in the Wednesday, March 13, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.