The scoop behind a blizzard, a mom and 'Ice Cream for Breakfast' day

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Imagine being snowed in. For several days. With small children.That was the case for Florence Rappaport of Rochester, NY, during the historic Blizzard of 1966.Like many parents who’d find themselves in a similarly snowy situation, Mrs.

Rappaport found creative ways to keep her family entertained.One of which involved giving her children an unconventional breakfast during what became an unconventional storm."This blizzard in ‘66 was unusual," said Joe Rappaport, son of Florence Rappaport.He and sister Ruth Rappaport-Kristal were only 7 and 6 years old, respectively, when the historic snowstorm hit their Rochester home."It was unbelievable," Rappaport-Kristal said."Between Jan.

31 and Feb. 1, 1966, a major nor'easter dumped heavy snow across much of the Northeast," said Brian Donegan, FOX Weather meteorologist."The storm was immediately followed by a blast of frigid arctic air, which caused lake-effect snow to develop in many of the Great Lakes snowbelts from Michigan and Ohio to northwestern Pennsylvania and upstate New York."A footprint of the Blizzard of 1966. (Credit: NOAA) Rappaport recalled the impact of the heavy snowfall in their town of Rochester."You really couldn't go outside, and when you did, the drifts were well above us," he said. "I think it really took the city out for several days."So, what was a family to do during that time, all cooped up in their home?One Rochester mother had a sweet idea.Florence and husband Lester Rappaport, c.

1960s. (Credit: The Rappaport Family) Florence Rappaport was a wife and a mother to six children."She was a lot of different things," Rappaport-Kristal said. "She went back to school while we were still young and got her degree in social work.