1940 Armistice Storm GDG

[twall]

To reply to Stan's question inthe Edmund Fitz thread about this storm in 1940.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/dis...lm_blizzard-m/

The storm killed 29 in just Minnesota, the total was 150.

Tom

[road kill]

To reply to Stan's question inthe Edmund Fitz thread about this storm in 1940.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/dis...lm_blizzard-m/

The storm killed 29 in just Minnesota, the total was 150.

Tom

There is a book written about it.
It is a great read, though some of the subject matter is sad, some of the stories of survival are awesome!

[Keith Stroyan]

Strong storms around Veteran's Day are typically the first big push of ducks around here. We had one this year, but a small one by comparison. On 1 Nov '91 there was a big storm, a little earlier than usual. I drove along the Mississippi to LaCrosse that day in heavy rain that turned to very heavy snow mid-afternoon - about a foot in an hour around 3:00. A few duck hunters died on the Mississippi with the fast change and a Golden was found the next day riding on top of a capsized boat. But what sticks out about that one was a former grad student at the U of Iowa, disgruntled about his career, killed a bunch of people on campus.