I only been in one blizzard and it was March 13, 1993. There was hard winds and thunder and orange lightening during the storm. You absolutely could not see anything. I was stranded at the mill and it took me 3 tries to find a 100x200 building that is about 200 feet from the main mill. It was eery. The people contracted to keep the parking lot scraped, just stopped because they couldn't see where the cars were and didn't want to hit one.
Well last night was the first time I heard them use the term blizzard, but there you go. I still say to that term being used, but hey I'm no meteorologist.