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"Storm of the Century" 21 Years Later

Dennis Mersereau · 03/12/14 12:30PM

Before the advent of the internet, only the most historic storms (that weren't hurricanes, of course) gained nicknames as a way to mark their place in history. The most infamous of these storms was one that gained the name "Storm of the Century," or the Superstorm of 1993. 21 years ago today, the superstorm-to-beat-all-superstorms began to organize in the northern Gulf of Mexico.