As we slowly melt out, and in my case, chop out, from the remnants of the Winter of '21, I am reminded of another major snow event, now ten years in the past.
There was an article about it in the January 31, 2021, Chicago Tribune "A freak of nature paralyzed Chicago" by William Lee.
"Ten years ago, a unique storm of extremes tested every crack in Chicago's infrastructure, halted most forms of transportation and humbled a city that prides itself on powering through any kind of weather.
"This wasn't the city's biggest blast of snow. Generations of kids were brought up on stories of then towering mounds of snow in the 1967 blizzard, which inspired author George R.R. Martin's iconic ice wall in "Game of Thrones" and the 1979 blizzard that swung a mayoral election, among others."
But this one was particularly mean. It hit hard and it hit fast. Lots of snow and lots and lots of wind. I mean lots of wind.
This one was also called "Snowpocalypse."
It comes in officially as Chicago's 3rd biggest snowstorm.
To see the Top Ten snowstorms in Chicago, click on the Chicago Blizzard of 1967 label.
--CootSnow
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