29 Years Later: Remembering The Blizzard Of '93 That Buried Pittsburgh In Snow

CBS Pittsburgh

March 11, 2022

Pittsburgh’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is Saturday.

It is a day for Pittsburghers to come together and celebrate as a community. But in the long history of St. Patrick’s Day parades in the city, one year stands alone.

On March 13, 1993, a blizzard hit Pittsburgh on the day of the parade. The paralyzing storm closed roads and forced crews to work around the clock on cleanup duty. The major storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow on the city before it was done a couple of days later.

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