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[_darkvictory]

They're scaring me over on The Weather Channel. "I know we're used to low temperatures in the upper Midwest, but today you might want to stay inside if at all possible

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[gvdub]

I spent several winters on the road with bands in the upper Midwest. I remember the winter of '77 where the frosts were 12-15' deep and a week in Minot, ND when the high temp for the week was on the order of -20°F with it hitting -30° almost every night. The interstate north into Minot was covered by 2" of ice, more or less from October to April.

Yeah, cold.

[caitlin]

I only vaguely remember the winter of 1977, having been all of about 3-4 years old at the time.

I was, however, in Madison, WI at the time.

[dinogrl]

1977, yeah, I was in Bozeman, Montana @ MSU during that year. They called the quarters Winter 1, Winter 2, Winter 3. The cover of the college newspaper in June was a fellow playing tennis in, yup, you guessed it.
Two feet of snow. In June.

[lariss]

And then there's good ole Cacky-Lacky, where a snowflake...or a sleet ball...is grounds for a complete city or state wide shutdown of all business, non-profit, and governmental operations.

And then there is growing up in Montana

[dinogrl]

Now there is a qualifier.

Local radio stations would have contests to see when the temperature would be above zero degrees...Fahrenheit. These would sometimes last weeks.

Four layers to go out wasn't enough, and my bed had eleven blankets on it. No kidding. I was c-o-l-d.

Looking at the icicles when it did thaw, and realizing that they were taller than you.

I hear my birth town rarely has heavy snows anymore. A few here and there, but the climate is getting warmer.