God Wins. Truckers Are Snowed In. 7 Day Storm
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How did you do in the blizzard of 67
My great grandpa emigrated here from Norway in the 1890s. They settled in Copper Harbor in the Keewenaw and were copper miners. I have old pictures of his where the snow was over the roof of the house.
Also I went to Michigan Tech in Houghton-Hancock in the Keewenaw for undergrad. There would be 20 feet of snow on the AAA logging road well into May. When I was there we broke the snow record at over 100 straight days with measurable snow.
In the NW corner of the lower peninsula Mancelona has an 11 foot tall snowpole that is buried about 1 in 3 years. Those kids never miss school.
I was only 3 but I still hear stories. I remember the blizzard of 74 though on my moms bday.
And in december of 1999 is the only time I can recall actual blizzrd warnings here in SE Michigan. We got 22 inches with 60 mph winds. I was out plowing for 2 days.
In 1957, I think it was, on Feb 28th and March 1st they got dual storms that each were over 18 inches.
I was in nw indiana The dan ryan had thousands of cars stuck in snow They got plowed under didn't get out til march
Yea I think this area is much better prepared than it was in 67. Especially a snowbelt area like nw Indiana. The blizzard of 74 shut Detroit down for 2 weeks but the 99 blizzard didnt.
LOL you reminded me of the blizzard in 99. We got over 100 inches of snow that year. It friggin snowed every day for 3 months it seemed. One of my parking lots had 1 car left in it during the first storm. I took great care to not plow him in. But then it kept snowing and the car didnt move. By the end of January it was just part of the snow mound. That car was stuck there until the thaw.