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In reply to the discussion: Great Blizzard of 1888 - Photos [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)22. you're very welcome
I'd never heard of this event before except that I was looking for a novel by an author that normally puts in real events that happened at the time that the characters are caught up in (like the Johnstown flood I remember was in another book) since I hadn't read it in years and thought it would be a good one to read while I'm stuck out home for two days. Out of curiosity I looked it up and discovered that this blizzard was a real event, and the photos just blew me away. People actually went out in the storm to just go a couple of blocks or across the street, got stuck in a drift they couldn't get out of and died there. Horrible.
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My grandmother told stories of people being saved by their dead horses...
Surya Gayatri
Jan 2015
#26
You misread that. Wikipedia gives the date 1881 for that train, not 1981.
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2015
#13
The winter of 1880–1881 is widely considered the most severe winter ever known in the United States.
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#55
I see. I only came across it because the story of the '88 blizzard reminded me of the book.
MoonchildCA
Jan 2015
#19
Actually, I just found out that there was no notice about this storm because
TorchTheWitch
Jan 2015
#52
Basically, anyplace along the northern Sea of Japan coast can get lots of snow
Art_from_Ark
Jan 2015
#41