The Blizzard of 2026 left thousands in the University of Rhode Island community without power and heat, buried under multiple feet of snow.
On Sunday, Feb. 22, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee declared a state of emergency for a blizzard that was forecasted to drop 10 to 20 inches of snow, according to USA Today.
McKee announced a travel ban for commercial vehicles at 5 p.m., and a ban for all vehicles except emergency personnel at 7 p.m. The roads would be pre-treated and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation had about 500 state and vendor plows as well as 60,000 tons of road salt…