The snowstorm currently lashing the Gulf Coast is being described as a once in a generation weather event, the National Weather Service said Monday.

What better way to embrace the active pattern than by reminiscing about some of the biggest snowstorms ever to hit the Portland area.

The combination of heavy snow and high wind gusts then brought blizzard and near-blizzard ... out the Pensacola metro for the largest snow measurement ever in the Sunshine State.