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Date Posted: 08:20:23 10/25/01 Thu
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I found this article that reminded me of some not so recent posts about people thinking that we might have a hard winter this year...
North Dakota Hit by Blizzard
October 25, 2001, 8:16 AM EDT
FARGO, N.D. -- A freakishly early blizzard piled snow in drifts up to 2 feet high in North Dakota on Wednesday, closing schools and stranding hundreds of drivers several weeks before people expected to break out the shovels and snowmobiles.
The storm dumped a record 11 inches of snow on Grand Forks, where the previous record for any day in October was 8.2 inches in 1926. Devils Lake and Cavalier reported 10 inches each, the National Weather Service said.
The blizzard also left nearly a foot of snow in some parts of Minnesota.
Authorities said 400 vehicles were stuck on Interstate 29 north of Fargo, and at least two snowplows were hit by trucks. A driver was killed in a minivan rollover on I-29.
"The plows have been out, but I tell you what, it's blowing so much out here that the roads -- it's just like driving down a prairie trail. It's just very rough, it's rutted," Highway Patrol Capt. Mark Nelson said. "It's near whiteout conditions at times."
In Grand Forks, city and county offices and the University of North Dakota closed. Winds gusted near 40 mph and the wind chill factor was around 7 below zero at midmorning.
Snowdrifts were reported up to 2 feet high in some areas.
"We love it!" Steve Woodstrom said with a laugh as he and two other workers raised new streetlights in Fargo.
"It's a little early," co-worker Dave Paul said, kneeling in slush next to a light pole.
Mike Connor said his commute to his job in Devils Lake took twice as long as the normal 25 minutes.
"Some of the east-west curves had drifts from 18 inches to more than 2 feet deep," Connor said. "I didn't expect this much. I was looking for an inch or two."
More than 6 inches fell in Thief River Falls, Minn., where State Patrol dispatcher Cletus Brown said there hadn't been many accidents.
"We've had a lot of vehicles in the ditch or stalled on the road, but we haven't had much in the way of crashes," he said. "Knock on wood."
A line of powerful thunderstorms at the eastern edge of the storm system swept through Indiana, killing one person and injuring 14, officials said.
The fatality occurred in Wills Township, west of South Bend. Police said several homes were destroyed.
Wind gusts exceeding 70 mph destroyed eight mobile homes south of Tekonsha, Mich., said John Townsend, director of the Calhoun County Office of Emergency Services. Seven people were treated for injuries.
Copyright © 2001, The Associated Press
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