Incidentally, this is the snow that melted suddenly over St. Patrick's Day and flooded the city for the second of three major dousings.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
It could be much worse, in addition to really high unemployment and Nazis running rampant in Europe.
So, we're all feeling a bit weary of shoveling ourselves out, over and over. Yes, even me, the winter-loving, summer-hating freak girl. But don't despair too much. Just be happy you're not living in 1936 (which you were already happy about because, hello Great Depression!) because J-town had it a lot worse back then. A co-worker just sent me these photos of 219 and Colver Road during the winter of '36 and, well, just take a look.
Incidentally, this is the snow that melted suddenly over St. Patrick's Day and flooded the city for the second of three major dousings.
Incidentally, this is the snow that melted suddenly over St. Patrick's Day and flooded the city for the second of three major dousings.
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Awesome! How much snow fell?
I love the juxtaposition of photos #4 and #5 - a car laboring to go up the hill followed by children sledding down the hill. Priceless.
I'm not sure how much fell. I read one guy's estimate of up to 100 or more inches, extrapolated from how much water flooded the city after it melted, but he said his extrapolation could be low since the snow was tightly packed. I can't find any official records of the snowfall in 1936.
That's ridiculous!!
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