![]() ![]() ![]() Railway officials declared the worst conditions in Canadian rail history. ![]() Click HERE for a YouTube video.ġ947: January 30th through February 8th, a great blizzard occurred in Saskatchewan, Canada. Click HERE for more information from Scott Sistek at KOMONews. The Seattle cathedral dome collapsed under the snow's weight. A total of 32.5 inches of wet snow accumulated over three days. U.S.A and Global Events for February 1st:ġ916: Seattle, Washington, was buried under 21.5 inches of snow, their most significant 24-hour snowfall. Several schools were closed across the area due to the dangerous wind chills. Winds of 25 mph and subzero temperature produced wind chills in the 50 to 80 below zero range. Many school closings occurred during the month due to snow blocked roads.įour to eight inches of snow fell across western and northern South Dakota. Several rotary snowplows were flown in from military airbases outside the state to open some of the roads in the eastern part of the state. Frequent uses of pusher-type snowplows piled banks of snow 20 to 30 feet along the roads, and it became impractical to open routes with this type of snowplow. Snowplows would open the streets, and often drifting snow would close the roads again. Strong winds caused widespread blowing and drifting snow resulting in many closed roads. Glazing due to dense fog and drizzle periodically formed on utility lines creating numerous broken power lines. Across central and eastern South Dakota, February 1969 contained a variety of winter weather causing many difficulties. ![]()
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