The great blizzard of March 1888 that buried New York City and much of New England in more than a meter of snow and killed more than 400 people was a nor’easter. Such storms are relatively common in springtime. What would happen if such a storm struck New York before the COVID-19 pandemic was over? Credit: public domain

The great blizzard of March 1888 that buried New York City and much of New England in more than a meter of snow and killed more than 400 people was a nor'easter. Such storms are relatively common in springtime. What would happen if such a storm struck New York before the COVID-19 pandemic was over? Credit: public domain

The great blizzard of March 1888 that buried New York City and much of New England in more than a meter of snow and killed more than 400 people was a nor’easter. Such storms are relatively common in springtime. What would happen if such a storm struck New York before the COVID-19 pandemic was over? Credit: public domain

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