Weller was once a stranded motorist himself. Driving in an Illinois blizzard when he was 16, he got stuck in a snowdrift.
If ordinary people already know that their soldiers are dying in Afghanistan and that the fight is hard, why should a blizzard of details lead to a sudden shift in public opinion?
A blizzard had just swept through Portland, so during a bout of cabin fever I began writing songs for her.
My sleep was interrupted by a phone call, and I was instantly shocked into full consciousness: My younger brother was trapped in a snow cave on Mount Hood, and an unyielding blizzard prevented rescue.
His problems date to his childhood, when his brother disappeared in a blizzard, and Erlendur survived.
The weather, too, could throw tantrums of biblical ferocity. Once, I found myself in a blizzard of hailstones the size of mothballs, and then - a few hours later - summer was restored.
Though much of the time it runs in an orderly and stable way, every now and again it suddenly and unpredictably lurches into a blizzard of noise.
That fear showed up in the steady downward drift of Treasury bond yields, despite the blizzard of government issuance.
But when a blizzard hits Times Square, the news reports will focus on the millions of dollars of business lost, not the cross-country skiing opportunities gained.
A football game to cover in a blizzard?
Whose idea was this blizzard?
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