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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:46 PM Original message |
What's been the wildest winter storm you've ever witnessed |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. '78 |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. '78 in RI |
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m_welby (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
73. '78 in RI was the worst |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. northern illinois 67and 75-9 |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. 1967 was a blast. I was a freshman in high school and we were closed |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. I'd say 67 and then 78-81 |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
69. yep '78 |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. White out while ski touring in the Adirondaks |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Alaska, winter of '68. How cold was it? I'll tell you... |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Sounds like Fairbanks weather. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Sparrevohn Air Force Station. 160 mi. west of Anchorage. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Wow, that's a new one on me, and I've been here 30 years... |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. It's only a weather station now. There were about 150 of us then. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Was it related to White Alice? |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Yep, that was the name of one of the programs. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm a Californian |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Halloween blizzard of 1991 |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. I think that was the year we had temps down to 15 here in north Texas |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. The aforementioned Minnesota Halloween Blizzard. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Iowa got hit with that same storm. |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Buffalo 1996 |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I remember that storm |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. Me too |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. January Ice Storm of '98 |
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Err (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. 1991 |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. '78 blizzard. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. 1978 hands down |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. Cleveland 78 |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
47. I'll never forget that one |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Chicago '67 or '79 |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Great pic! |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
66. Chicago 79 |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wow, there seems to be a consensus about the blizzard of 1978 |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. 1997 - Freshman Year at Univeristy of North Dakota |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I found a book about that at our used book store here the other day.... |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Some of those books did a really good job capturing what it was like. |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Two stand out for me. |
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eyepaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here's a picture |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
63. I love blizzards like that! |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. It wuz either '81 or '82 |
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Canadian Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well, living where I do, it's hard to narrow it down to just one |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. I was in Glenview, Illinois |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. Early April 1997 in Grand Forks, North Dakota |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. I hear ya, |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
56. I see that, I was a sophomore at UND at the time after a |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. The one I was too young to remember in 1978 |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. Today |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. 1980 in Montana. BIG flakes, no wind, HEAVY snowfall and... |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Thanksgiving Ice Storm of 1992 (I think that was the year) |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. 1992-1993 Winter, Freshman year of college in Durango, Colorado |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. Winter '92-93 in SE PA we had a couple days of freezing rain. |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. Massachusetts-Blizzard of 1978 |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. Dec., 1967--Az & NM |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. The "Great Appalachian storm of 1950" |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I would've been terrified as an adult! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. Some time in the early 1980s (1983 maybe?) |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. Madison, Wisconsin the blizzard of February, 1959 |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. Ice storm 1978 Lexington Ky. I was living in an old neighborhood |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
44. blizzard of 94 |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
46. Redhorn Pass, Caradhras |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
49. !989 Sparks, Nevada Temps hit -17 F and then some |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
50. March 1970..Michigan City, Indiana |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
51. Either the ice storm of 1998, or freaky winter of 2001. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
52. I think it was 2001... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
53. Well, since I have lived in the South most of my life, |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
55. Blizzard of 93 in Tennessee |
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BulletproofLandshark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. That happened during my junior year of high school. |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
60. Did the '78 blizzard hit the D.C. area? |
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Horus45 (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. Blizzard of 78 |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
62. Getting snowed on in July, with lightning. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
70. 1983- we had snow drifts so high, my brother and I dug a tunnel |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
71. No contest. 1978 |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
72. 77' and 78' in Michigan were very rough, X-Country skiing in the city |
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