# Are blizzards scary? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blizzards-scary/821711 "2018-09-21T23:53:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blizzards-scary/821711/41 "2018-09-25T12:25:00Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You would if you were deprived of all the special clothing, infrastructure, and other technology that makes extreme danger seem like a minor inconvenience. Plop you down in a t-shirt and shorts out of reach of civilization in a blizzard, you would think it was pretty scary in the hours before you died from it. One winter years ago we were having a balmy January with temperatures in the 50s and 60s in Pittsburgh when we left for a two week vacation in the Caribbean. I wore sandals, shorts, and a tshirt for the flight down. We returned to blizzard conditions, temperatures right around zero, snow and ice everywhere. I foolishly brought no coat/boots/long pants with me. It was horrible. My gf was prepared for the cold, but I trudged through extended term parking in sandals, shorts, and a Hawaiin shirt, struggling with suitcases and fearing a dead battery. Luckily, my car started, but I didn’t even have a snow brush/scraper in my car. Amazingly, three years later I did it again. ---
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blizzards-scary/821711/42 "2018-09-25T16:52:06Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You would if you were deprived of all the special clothing, infrastructure, and other technology that makes extreme danger seem like a minor inconvenience. Plop you down in a t-shirt and shorts out of reach of civilization in a blizzard, you would think it was pretty scary in the hours before you died from it. Wait, wait, hold on… You’re saying a person could die if their clothing and equipment isn’t appropriate to their circumstances? Amazing! I never would have thought of that on my own. Ignorance fought! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blizzards-scary/821711/43 "2018-09-25T18:22:53Z")
As said above, I’d much rather deal with a blizzard than an ice storm. You can move/push snow, you can’t move/push ice. And sanding/salting only goes so far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blizzards-scary/821711.md?page=2)