THE STORM OF THE CENTURY... SO FAR
Ten months ago, on February 20, it started snowing in Arizona. And then it snowed some more. And then it kept snowing and snowing as a strong low-pressure system moved across the upper two-thirds of the state. In some places, more than 3 feet of snow piled up - Flagstaff and Show Low set single-day records. Even the desert got up to a foot. And by the time it died down on the night of February 24, the winter storm would rank as one of the 10 biggest in Arizona history.
BY: Barbara Denney,Jeff Kida
A PORTFOLIO EDITED BY BARBARA DENNEY AND JEFF KIDA
“A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!” - UNKNOWN
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different.”
"There's just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else The snow-covered Four Peaks, northeast of the Phoenix area, stand in stark contrast to saguaro-covered hillsides at lower altitudes.
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