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Meteorological Monsters
Winter Storms
Meteorological Monsters
Surf pounds the beach in spite of clearing weather
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Young steer after a March blizzard.Blizzard conditions are extremely hard on exposed livestock.
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Livestock losses after a March blizzard.Early warnings of blizzard conditions can help avert such disasters.
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Red Cross workers search for victims buried in cars following snowfallduring the Blizzard of 77. Only about 12 inches of new snow fell during thisevent but high winds coupled with existing snow in western New York andaccumulated snow on the surface
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Super snowstorm paralyzed Chicago.Calumet Expressway near 138th.
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Even trains are stopped by heavy snows.
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Besides disrupting transportation, heavy ice and snow can damage utilities.Power and telephone lines sagging after heavy icestorm.
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Bending into the wind during a Midwest blizzard.
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Miniskirts were in style then, but not the best for a snowy, windy night.16 inches of snow slows the frenetic pace of Manhattan.
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Standing tall on North Dakota snowA March blizzard nearly buried utility poles.Caption jokingly read I believe there is a train under here somewhere!
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Ice left on the banks after the gorge broke. The Corps of Engineers DredgeOTTAWA noses up to the ice on the bank.In: Monthly Weather Review, February 1918, p. 90.
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Gorged ice in front of Evansville. The winter of 1917-1918 was the coldest onrecord in the Ohio Valley at that time.In: Monthly Weather Review, February 1918, p. 91.
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Paradise Inn looking north toward the summit of Mount Rainier. In the winter of 1916-1917, 789.5 inches of snow fell at Paradise Inn. At the time of the photo, the snow was approximately 27 feet deep.In: Monthly Weather Review, July 1918, p. 330.
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Snow on trees at the Paradise Inn, Mount Rainier, Washington. In the winter of 1916-1917, 789.5 inches of snow fell at Paradise Inn. At the time of the photo, the snow was approximately 27 feet deep.In: Monthly Weather Review, July 1918, p. 330.
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Paradise Inn at the 6000 -foot level on Mount Rainier. In the winter of 1916-1917, 789.5 inches of snow fell at Paradise Inn. At the time of the photo, the snow was approximately 27 feet deep.In: Monthly Weather Review, July 1918, p. 330.
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Cleared tracks on the Southern Pacific Railway near Emigrant Gap. Some ofthe heaviest snow in North America occurs in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.In: Monthly Weather Review, October 1919, p. 698.
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Cleared tracks on the Southern Pacific Railway at Blue Canyon. Some ofthe heaviest snow in North America occurs in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 60 to 65 feet of snow is not uncommon in a winter season.In: Monthly Weather Review, October 1919, p. 6
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Gorged ice in the Ohio River below the Southern Railway Bridge at Cincinatti.In: Monthly Weather Review, February 1918, p. 89.
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The Great Blizzard of March 12, 1888.
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The Great Blizzard of March 12, 1888.
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