The Blizzard of '77 caused 29 deaths, many due to people trapped in their vehicles.
When combined with the high winds, this all provided plenty of snow to reduce visibilities and create drifts of 30 feet in some places, in what was described as cement-like snow. President Carter declared several counties a federal disaster area, which was the first time ever for a snowstorm in the US.
The snow season ended with 198.9”, which still ranks as the snowiest on record for the city. That is more than double the normal 94.7 inches they see in a season and more than the last two seasons combined.
http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/services/blog/2017/01/25/index.html
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Remember that one, I was a senior in high school working on my parent's North Dakota dairy farm when the storm took out power lines and we were out of electricity for two weeks. Milking cows by hand for five days until a neighbor whose power was back on loaned us their generator.
ReplyDeleteMighty distant from life's luxuries... a farm in North Dakota, in the winter, with no electricity.... Candles, scrabble, and books?
DeleteDoes your family still run the farm?