Detroit Free Press wrote:
What a Michigan winter: Unless you're 130, you've never seen snow like this
The last time Detroiters endured such a cold and snowy winter, a leading industry in town was cigars, J.L. Hudson was preparing to open his first downtown store and the University of Michigan just recently started playing football.
That was 1880-81 — more than 130 winters ago.
“When you combine the snow and the cold, there’s nobody alive that has experienced a winter worse,” said Rich Pollman, warning coordination meteorologist for the White Lake Township office of the National Weather Service.
