[silverleaf]

I remember a weekend killer blizzard in North Dakota in the 70’s that buried houses up to the roofs, and B-52’s at Minot had snow drifts up to the wings...they had to clear tunnels for the wheels to roll if there was a launch

We were in a neighborhood of duplexes and could not see the house next door for 2 days.

We never lost power but the guys at the TV station were stranded all weekend and I remember the TV station playing old black and white film reels when the staff was too exhausted to broadcast

after the weekend deer were found wandering with their eyes frozen open

several base workers died when their cars got stranded trying to make it from base to town on the 4 lane highway

I think we were below -70 for the entire weekend, but the lack of visibility was what was awesome - to go outside your front door by even steps was to risk death, so I think I understand what happened to these people

after the blizzard for months we still had dirty drifts of black dirt banked up against all the buildings because the wind was so strong it picked up half dirt and half snow = “snirt” drifts

[beaversmom]

Very interesting about the blizzard you experienced.

[who knows what evil?]

I get a kick out of the Red England-centric media whining about the 'catastrophic' snow 'storms' that roll thru here every few winters or so...you have not lived until you have experienced a high-plains blizzard in one of the Dakotas, Wyoming, or Minnesota. The Red Englanders/New Yorkers would p*ss themselves to death right on the spot. I have a feeling that many areas in Red England will be looking at bare ground within a few days following the warm spell that is heading this way this weekend.

Oh, woe is us!