天气预报称,1888年3月12日星期一,纽约的天气将会是“晴朗且更加寒冷”。这样的天气预报对纽约市民来说已经是习以为常了。然而,当他们星期一早上醒来时,却被眼前的景象惊呆了。一场前所未遇的暴风雪令这座城市陷于瘫痪状态。凛冽的寒风卷起漫天飞舞的雪片阻塞了街道。电报线也由于被冰冻而折断了。大雪造成食物短缺,有400人被冻死了。亚常的生活秩序直到一个星期以后才得以恢复亚常。直到一个世纪之后,纽约市民们在谈起1888年的这场起级雪灾时,仍然心有余悸。 The weather forecast says the weather in New York will be “sunny and colder” on Monday, March 12, 1888. Such weather forecasts have become commonplace for New Yorkers. However, when they woke up on Monday morning, they were shocked by the immediate sight. An unprecedented snowstorm paralyzed the city. Cold wind rolled up the snow covered the sky blocked the street. The telegraph line was also broken by being frozen. Heavy snow caused food shortages and 400 people were frozen to death. Ordinary life order was not restored until a week later. It was not until a century later when New Yorkers were still talking about the first snowstorm of 1888.