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I have lived through other major snowstorms. After the Blizzard of 1996 struck, I did not leave my apartment for four days. When all the snow melted, the roof leaked and water poured down my ceiling. I had to move out of my first apartment.
My ancestors experienced many snowstorms. On 17 March 1892, Nashville, Tennessee experienced its biggest snowstorm, which brought 17 inches of snow.
Daily American (Nashville, TN), 18 March 1892, page 4
St. Louis, Missouri experienced a severe ice storm in December 1924. Three-quarters of the state of Missouri was covered by ice for the last half of December. When this happened, my maternal grandmother Margaret Ann Schneider was thirteen years old, and my maternal grandfather John Boe was sixteen years old.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 19 December 1924, page 1
My ancestors in Chicago, Illinois also experienced snowstorms, such as the one in January 1918, which at that time was the worst blizzard in Chicago's history (it is now the 10th worst). My paternal grandmother Helen Martha Marie Anderson was six years old, and my paternal grandfather Henry Cornelius Gatlin was seven years old.
Chicago Daily Tribune, 7 January 1918, page 1
Chicago Daily Tribune, 7 January 1918, page 1
Porter County, Indiana experienced a bad snowstorm at the end of 1927.
Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, IN), 31 December 1927, page 1
The Children's Blizzard, also known as the Schoolhouse Blizzard, struck Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho on 12 January 1888. It was the deadliest blizzard in Minnesota history. Many of the victims were schoolchildren.
Saint Paul Globe, 14 January 1888, page 1
Some of my ancestors were living in Swift County, Minnesota at that time. Benson is the county seat.
Saint Paul Globe, 14 January 1888, page 1
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