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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938
NASA ^ | 21 Jan, 2024 | Image Credit: Bill Brinkman; Courtesy: Paula Rocco

Posted on 01/21/2024 11:07:22 AM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: Yes, but can your blizzard do this? In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan's Storm of the Century in 1938, some snow drifts reached the level of utility poles. Nearly a meter of new and unexpected snow fell over two days in a storm that started 86 years ago this week. As snow fell and gale-force winds piled snow to surreal heights, many roads became not only impassable but unplowable; people became stranded, cars, school buses and a train became mired, and even a dangerous fire raged. Two people were killed and some students were forced to spend several consecutive days at school. The featured image was taken by a local resident soon after the storm. Although all of this snow eventually melted, repeated snow storms like this help build lasting glaciers in snowy regions of our planet Earth.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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To: econjack
Most telephone poles are taller than this...

Not in Hobbiton they're not . . . Heh. :-)

21 posted on 01/21/2024 2:05:06 PM PST by AFB-XYZ (Two options: 1) Stand up, or 2) Bend over)
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To: MtnClimber

March 14, 1888. The White Hurricane. Look it up.


22 posted on 01/21/2024 4:02:16 PM PST by Mercat
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To: MtnClimber

I didn’t know they had global warming in 1938? I thought Gore invented it in the 90’s.


23 posted on 01/21/2024 4:13:19 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Mercat
Or the Armistice Day 1940 storm.

The Day the Duck Hunters Died"

24 posted on 01/21/2024 4:33:39 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Pontiac
In case anyone cares, I love Big Brother.

I can not argue with the name of the greatest hood ornaments of all time.

But it's fair to warn you that your love is unrequited because Big Brother...

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25 posted on 01/21/2024 6:09:20 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (Dropkick me Jesus through the goal-posts of death should the Demons retain power.)
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To: MtnClimber

That’s a lot of snow. :^)


26 posted on 01/22/2024 5:30:22 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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