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3 hours ago, TheMainer said:

We got stuck in one in the Gaspe snowmobiling back in the winter of 2018, legitimately couldn't see the trail in the woods where we were, had to stop for 20 mins and we got a few inches of snow in that time, absolutely insane and my camera couldn't do it justice. 

Never been caught by a squall while driving but had a 30-second burst from a 6.4" storm that dropped visibility such that I couldn't see parked cars 5 yards away.  I've twice had white-outs under sunny skies, first on Jan 30, 1971 at Crown Pt, NY with the north wind plus 4" fresh powder having the entirety of Champlain for its fetch - couldn't spot the headlights of an oncoming car until within 10 yards. 
#2 was westbound on the Trans-Canada along the frozen St. Lawrence on April 6, 1977, with SW winds gusting 40+.  The range road accessing the TC was total white-out (couldn't see the front end of the hood) when driving thru a cut.  The throttle cable of my 6-cyl full size pickup was iced by the blowing snow and I firewalled the pedal trying unsuccessfully to loosen it, but fortunately the non-aerodynamic 1976 rig would only make 55 mph pushing into that wind and the TC was elevated enough that the snow was mostly too low to be a hindrance.  I rode the beast 40 miles to my exit, St.-Jean-Port-Joli, turned off the engine then coasted to a stop in the first open lot, scraped the ice from the cable and went merrily on my way to St.-Pamphile.

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1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

 Not sure if you can do a short fused advisory, but funny how everyone from ORH to the S shore gusted near or over 50kts without any headlines. 
 

ORH did have an advisory though. 

Same down here-no advisories by Upton but most stations were 45-50mph

...Fairfield County...
Bridgeport Airport           46 MPH    1240 PM 01/28   ASOS
Danbury Airport              43 MPH    1201 PM 01/28   ASOS

...Middlesex County...
Middletown - Rt9nb - On Ramp 44 MPH    1250 PM 01/28   MESOWEST

...New Haven County...
Stony Creek                  47 MPH    0111 PM 01/28   CWOP
Meriden Airport              44 MPH    1250 PM 01/28   ASOS
Lighthouse Point             42 MPH    1139 AM 01/28   WXFLOW
MERIDEN                      42 MPH    1251 PM 01/28   CWOP
Hammonasset                  41 MPH    1238 PM 01/28   WXFLOW
New Haven Airport            40 MPH    0123 PM 01/28   ASOS

...New London County...
Groton Airport               46 MPH    1258 PM 01/28   ASOS
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