And, We've Had Bad Winters Before-- Part 1

From the January 5, 2014, Chicago Tribune "Chicago Flashback: '79 blizzard was debacle" by Stephan Benzkofer. //// It definitely hasn't been a great winter here in the Midwest Chicagoland area. We're approaching the annual average of snow already and, man has it been c-o-l-d!!! But, we've had them before. //// We had that Blizzard of '67 and then there were three straight winters in the late 1970s that just about did it for me as far as living here. //// January 13, 1979, we had this Blizzard of 1979. It was supposed to be a minor 2-4 inches, but over that weekend, 20.3 inches of snow was dumped on the Chicagoland area, at the time the second largest snowfall ever. It brought Chicago to a standstill and the City Hall's poor handling of it, broke the Machine's hold and caused Jane Bryne to beat Mayor Michael Bilandic in the Democratic primary and become Chicago's next mayor. (In Chicago, the Republicans don't stand a chance, so whoever wins the Democratic primary will be the next mayor.) //// Where "Let It Snow" Is Not a Liked Expression. --Cooter