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JustABozoOnThisBus

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14. I don't remember it: this young draftee was stationed elsewhere at the time, but, ...

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Thu Jan 27, 2022, 06:53 AM

Jan 2022

... I remember the hubbub over the '79 blizzard that propelled Jane Byrne into the mayor's office. Mayor Bilandic was blamed for the slow removal.

Weather has consequences.

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55 yrs ago today in the chicagoland area [View all] orleans Jan 2022 OP

We don't get winter like we used to..... OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #1

That's how I remember it... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #5

Interestingly enough.....I don't think we have had a day 0ver 32 degrees in the last 4 weeks. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #7

Right? 2naSalit Jan 2022 #9

Access to weather data helps your preparation. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #10

Sure is. ...nt 2naSalit Jan 2022 #11

I remember. People were dragging sleds around town. diane in sf Jan 2022 #2

i remember it well. mopinko Jan 2022 #3

I was a kid in Hinsdale, and that was my last winter in Illinois. Harker Jan 2022 #17

I remember! pazzyanne Jan 2022 #4

Where did you live? OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #8

Luverne, MN, pazzyanne Jan 2022 #16

I was 5 living in NW Indiana ... aggiesal Jan 2022 #6

I remember that blizzard! hoosierspud Jan 2022 #12

Oh Wow! Thanks for the memories!! blue-wave Jan 2022 #13

I don't remember it: this young draftee was stationed elsewhere at the time, but, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2022 #14

Oh WOW!! 😲 Duppers Jan 2022 #15

I remember the day before us kids were kacekwl Jan 2022 #18

i heard (either in this video i posted, or on local news talking about 1967 blizzard) orleans Jan 2022 #19

16 inch softball with no gloves, I bet. Martin Eden Jan 2022 #21

Of course. kacekwl Jan 2022 #22

I remember it well, as a 9-year old who lived through it. Martin Eden Jan 2022 #20