Ashful
Minister of Fire
So it was 96' eh? All I remember was that I was in 5th grade at the time.
Blizzards in 83, 93, and 96, each breaking some local all-time records. The year of the ice storms was winter of 93/94, when everyone's back yards turned to ice skating rinks. T'was colder'n witch's teat that year.
Also had some killer snow and cold in 2001, and "Snowmageddon" in 2010.