 The storm had several long @-@ term consequences . Complaints against the USDA Weather Bureau of alleged unpreparedness resulted in increased efforts to achieve more accurate weather forecasting and faster realization and communication of proper storm warnings . Criticism of the shipping companies and shipbuilders led to a series of conferences with insurers and mariners to seek safer designs for vessels . This resulted in the construction of ships with greater stability and more longitudinal strength . Immediately following the blizzard of Cleveland , Ohio , the city began a campaign to move all utility cables underground , in tubes beneath major streets . The project took half a decade . 
