There was a passenger train that was stopped for three days in 1947 by
snowdrifts on the south end of the Salt Lake Valley. People living nearby
took the passengers in until the tracks could be cleared of major drifts for
over a mile ahead. Above the tracks is a sand "bench" that sloughed off in
several places after it warmed up, covering the tracks again. Now there are
lots of houses on that area and I'm just waiting for another BIG winter to
see how many of those houses stay where they are.
Wes
on 2/7/03 7:58 AM, Dick J at lsr_man@yahoo.com wrote:
> As I recall, the snow was about five feet deep, and drifts went up to about
> ten feet in places. Oklahoma is very windy! Parked cars on un-cleared
> residential streets were just barely defined by little bulges in the snow.
> Dick J
>
> "R.J. Denton" <foxriverkid@earthlink.net> wrote:I have a feeling that '78 was
> small compared to the blizzard of '47. I remember looking towards our kitchen
> window and seeing a small dog looking in. Thought it was cute until I
> remembered that the kitchen window was at least eight feet off of the ground.
> Hello, Snowdrift!
>
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