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The March 1966 Dakotas Blizzard
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathie in Thorp" data-source="post: 1313895" data-attributes="member: 16769"><p>It crippled most of SD and ND. Beat the h*ll out of the livestock folks, as it was the start of calving season. I was a "town kid" then, but really, if you live in a 1,000 horse town in the middle of farm and ranch country, you're never really a town kid. Lots of friends had rural route addresses. It was very bad. I think it was about the 6th day (because it warmed up fairly quickly), we drove out to check on country friends, who'd come out through 2nd story windows after the 3rd day . . . but cattle still frozen on their feet, noses to the ground. The storm started with freezing rain.</p><p></p><p>We didn't venture outside, of course, during the storm. But reports later were that there were 40 hours in some places that visibility was -0- miles. My dad was working at the time in Aberdeen, SD, 60 miles away. He was behind the first plows that started out, and it took him 8 hrs. to go 60 miles. I remember my grandpa had been there a few days before . . . he was a salesman and travelled all through the Dakotas. He always brought us some sort of treat, and his visit had brought a big bag of salted peanuts in the shell. We ate lots of peanuts for a few days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathie in Thorp, post: 1313895, member: 16769"] It crippled most of SD and ND. Beat the h*ll out of the livestock folks, as it was the start of calving season. I was a "town kid" then, but really, if you live in a 1,000 horse town in the middle of farm and ranch country, you're never really a town kid. Lots of friends had rural route addresses. It was very bad. I think it was about the 6th day (because it warmed up fairly quickly), we drove out to check on country friends, who'd come out through 2nd story windows after the 3rd day . . . but cattle still frozen on their feet, noses to the ground. The storm started with freezing rain. We didn't venture outside, of course, during the storm. But reports later were that there were 40 hours in some places that visibility was -0- miles. My dad was working at the time in Aberdeen, SD, 60 miles away. He was behind the first plows that started out, and it took him 8 hrs. to go 60 miles. I remember my grandpa had been there a few days before . . . he was a salesman and travelled all through the Dakotas. He always brought us some sort of treat, and his visit had brought a big bag of salted peanuts in the shell. We ate lots of peanuts for a few days. [/QUOTE]
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