WASHINGTON (7News) — One of the worst winter storms to ever hit the D.C. area dumped 30 inches of snow 30 years ago today.
The Blizzard of 1996 ranks as the sixth heaviest snowfall on record at Reagan National Airport.
“Blizzard of ’96 was my first time on air in D.C., and I was stationed at Western Avenue and Wisconsin — the kind of intersection that normally moves nonstop. The only thing that was nonstop that day was the snow,” said 7News Meteorologist Steve Rudin…