I can't remember a "typical" winter. February has turned into our nasty month. The last few years if we were going to get nailed by a polar vortex it's been in February.
50 years ago March, in like a lion out like lamb seemed to hold true and coincided with Minnesota high school basketball tournament.
2 locally famous snowstorms come to mind.
1. November 11 1940 Armistice Day Snowstorm.
Long before my time but grew up hearing about its horrors dozens of times.
A surprise storm on a day that began as beautiful warm fall day. Uncle went duck hunting, got caught by the storm and took him 24 hours to return to the farm.
The storm killed over 100 in Minnesota.
2. Halloween Snowstorm October 31 1991.
Again, started as a nice fall day. I had planned to do some plowing then go to the Casino with friends and finish the field work the next day. Started plowing and decided to keep at until I was done. Casinos never close, so decided I'd finish and drive solo to meet up with them. As I finished a heavy snow started and I didn't go.
Long story short, Casinos don't have windows and most everyone there got a big surprise by being snowed in that night, no traffic in or out for 3 days. Casino restaurant ran out of food, by the end of the 2nd day a bunch of broke depressed, hungry, gamblers sleeping in restaurant booths or wherever they could find empty floor space in the casino.
Of course there have been many other Minnesota blizzards.
Those are the first 2 that always come to my mind.
Anyone have snowstorm tales to share?
