[SoldierDad]

I was in North Dakota from 1978 to 1983. I lived through four winters where the wind chill was -60 or below (-115, -109 on two occasions, with lots of -85's thrown in). When the wind blew there, whether in a snow storm or not, we would have "white out" conditions (just like being in a blizard). At least the people who live there are exceptionally nice.

[Soaring Feather]

Yupper, those are strong winds.

If my grandfather had not "itchy feet," I could have been born in South Dakota, that's where my grandparents met after coming to America from Finland. The itchy foot syndrome led them to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Four of their children were born in Alberta, my mom among them.

They were pioneers! They homesteaded in Alberta for several years, my grandmother being the farmer, grand dad went walk about as most men in those days did looking for work. They went from Canada to Tarpon Springs, Florida, then finally to NY where they settled down.