It has been 35 years for Jacksonville, and the weather service in Houston said it was the most significant winter storm in the area since at least 1960. The storm's impact will be felt for days in Southern cities not accustomed to the deep freeze that has gripped most of the nation this week.

Snow on North Carolina beaches, rarer than a blue moon, was prevalent along a great majority of the 301 miles of coastline Wednesday morning. A winter storm that left snow in path of the Deep South from the French Quarter of New Orleans to Florida to the Carolinas left a slick,

The figures are unofficial because National Weather Service officials must assess totals, but Florida appears to have broken a state snow record.