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"I think it is really interesting that this storm is falling on the anniversary," said 69 News Anchor Nancy Werteen. Nancy said she remembers the last time a monster snowstorm hit mid-March, dumping more than 18 inches of snow in one day. It was dubbed the "Storm of the Century" in 1993. Nancy was a reporter at the time, living on 15th Street in Allentown. "It's heavy, it's deep and there is a lot of it," Nancy described in a news package during the storm. She said in order to get out to report on the storm, she had to wade through waist-high snow. "I was just dripping with sweat because it was just so strenuous, the snow was so deep trying to just walk through it," said Nancy. The roads were so bad that the National Guard was called in to help ensure essential services were provided. "What made me go 'wow' was how many days it took to get out and get back to normal," said Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce President Tony Iannelli. Iannelli said digging out took a while because there was so much snow and just no place to put it. He said for about a week driving was a little scary. "You would pull up to an intersection and really ease out because you couldn't see because there was no peripheral vision," said Iannelli. "Driving down a street with that much snow it almost looked like you were going through a tunnel of snow," said Nancy. During her snow coverage in 1993, Nancy interviewed a man who said, "the storm of the century? I could wait another century for the next one." It's a 24-year-old sentiment that still applies today. Read the original article here.