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Blizzard is a 2003 Canadian Christmas-themed family film directed by LeVar Burton, and stars Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Plummer, Kevin Pollack, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Ten-year-old Jess is inconsolable in her grief after her very best friend Bobby moves away. Her eccentric Aunt Millie comes to visit and decides the best medicine is to tell her a story about Katie, another ten-year-old girl, who wanted only one thing...to ice-skate. While practicing on an outdoor rink near her home, Katie is befriended by Otto Brewer, a former Olympic skating champion, who offers to teach her "proper skating," and under Otto's tutelage, Katie blossoms into a magnificent skater. However, when Katie's father loses his job and the family is forced to move to the big city, Katie is devastated. Meanwhile, in the North Pole, Santa and his elves are celebrating the birth of Blizzard (Whoopi Goldberg), a baby reindeer born to Blitzen and Delphi. It quickly becomes apparent that Blizzard possesses all three magical reindeer gifts: the ability to fly, the power to make herself invisible, and the gift of empathic navigation - being able to see with her heart. Using her empathic ability, Blizzard feels Katie's sadness and flies to Katie's home to investigate. Despite the rigid rules of the North Pole, Blizzard helps Katie learn that the value of true friendships is that they never truly go away. However, by breaking these rules, Blizzard must face the possibility of banishment at the hands of Archimedes, Santa's strict head elf. Only true friendship can save her now. Katie's former bully Erin becomes a humble friend after being saved from drowning in a thin-iced frozen pond by Katie, with Blizzard's help.
From March 17th through the 19th Denver got hit with not just a blizzard, but one of the biggest blizzards since historical records started in 1872! This freak blizzard came as a classic "Spring Storm" which dumped a whopping 31.8 inches of HEAVY - WET snow in Downtown Denver. Other areas had more. In the foothills there were amounts up to 82 inches! Day 1: It was fun! You could still get around. Day 2: My power went out, you could not drive, most traffic lights were dead. Day 3: Roofs began to collapse, 3-4 story building roofs collapsed, you could hear the metal support beams bending when carports were slowly collapsing onto cars, even the Airport (DIA) Roof collapsed in one area! When the storm finally ended, It took less than 1 week to melt ALL of that snow! Crazy Colorado sp...
One of the biggest and best NYC snow storms we've had here during the last 10 years. While the NYC Blizzard of February 2006 did in fact dump more snow on us than this blizzard did, the winds were MUCH stronger during the Blizzard of 03'. The first few scenes of this video will drive that point home pretty clearly. **NOT FOR RE-BROADCAST** http://www.SevereWeatherVideo.com ©Scott McPartland
Storm starts at 0:30 From Morrison, Colorado after the storm.
There's a blizzard comin' on and I'm wishin' I was home
For my pony's lame and he can't hardly stand
Listen to that northern sigh if we don't get home we'll die
But it's only seven miles to Mary Anne it's only seven miles to Mary Anne
You can bet we're on her mind for it's gettin' just about suppertime
Oh I know those hot biscuits're in the fryin' pan
Lord my hands feel like they're froze and there's a numbness in my toes
But it's only five more miles to Mary Anne it's only five more miles to Mary Anne
That wind's a howlin' and it seems mighty like a woman's screams
And we'd best be movin' faster if we can
Dan just think about that barn with all that hay so soft and warm
It's only three more miles to Mary Anne it's only three more miles to Mary Anne
Dan get up your ornery cuss or you'll be the death of us
I'm so weary but I'll help you if I can
All right Dan perhaps it's best we'll stop just a little while and rest
For it's still another mile to Mary Anne it's still another mile to Mary Anne
Late that night the storm was gone and they found him there at dawn
He'd have made it but he couldn't leave ol' Dan
Yes they found him out there on the plains his hands were frozen to the reins
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Anne
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Anne