The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:39 PM
East Tennessee Marks 25th Anniversary Of "Blizzard Of 1993'
"I had went with a friend’s church to a youth retreat in Nashville and was saved that Sunday morning after we got stuck down there because of the blizzard," Sherry Billingsley wrote on Facebook.
Other Tennesseans shared what they remembered about weathering the storm with their loved ones, too.
"I was 16 and just started dating my husband," Megan Dunn wrote. "We got stuck together at his apartment, and 25 years later, we're still together; he's the love of my life, and I'll always remember blizzard of '93."
The snowstorm blew 15 inches of snow in Knoxville, 30 inches in Gatlinburg and a mind-blowing 60 inches on Mt. LeConte.
Now 25 years later, the snow storm isn't forecast to be as brutal Monday, which is the anniversary of the blizzard.
Despite the plan for the weather Monday, East Tennesseans said the key to surviving an unplanned winter storm was being around family.
"I remember walking through the snow with my Papaw and him showing me rabbit tracks," Jessie Manning-Tucker wrote.
The last time Knoxville received a significant snowfall was on Jan. 6, 1996, when a severe nor’easter, known as the Blizzard of ’96, dumped five inches of snow across the Tennessee Valley.
