Blizzard hits plains states and PNW
I-15 closed for a time because of blowing and drifting snow: Yahoo News Just as a historical mention, I think it was back in 1888 that a blizzard hit the midwest and drop temps something like 70 ...
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Bert Ackerman wrote:Grit dog wrote:
Are you goofballs actually arguing about the weather forecasting 131 years ago?Darryl&Rita wrote:
They were there for it.
ROFLMAO...............
Not the forecasting, but why the Pony Express operated by Paul Revere was not able to warn everyone. Why do you think Grover Cleveland was able to beat out Benjamin Harrison in 1892 and get his old job back?
Yes Sir, Oct 10 1888, The temperature dropped from 40 to -30 in a matter of minutes. Those poor school children froze to death in their tracks. They did not even find them until Spring. Especially hard hit were the ones who had to trek uphill to school both ways, with no shoes.
No just discussing the fact that a large segment of the population thinks everyone wore in fur suits in caves communicating in grunts before facebook was invented.
