I was 12 years old at the time in MD, and that was my second winter of tracking the weather. 2002-03 was nearly as good in the mid-Atlantic as it was in SNE, so I have all kinds of great memories of that one as well. I was actually out of town for the Christmas storm, which might be my one disappointment of the whole season, but I was told it delivered a quick 6-7" where I lived after changing over from rain.
And then PDII remained my all time favorite for many years. I was too young to remember 1996 well.