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Re: Does anyone remember the blizzard of 1940?
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Posted by toomanycases on December 01, 2006 at 21:17:23 from (71.9.2.135):
In Reply to: Does anyone remember the blizzard of 1940? posted by Turke Bros. Farms on December 01, 2006 at 12:21:56:
I remember a winter storm in 1940, was 8 at the time. Roads were blocked, milk truck could not pick up the cans for a couple of days. All the men were out shoveling with scoop shovels & there were a couple of teams of horses, each pulling a dump scoop. I don't remeber the correct name for it, but they would clear two paths & the men would shovel out the center. This was in Northest Illinois. They cleared the low areas that drifted in. Was about 4-5 miles to Chemung for the milk truck. Snow was about 3-4 feet deep, more so in the drifts & miserably cold even in the barn. could see your breath & hands got numb doing the milking. We poured out a lot of milk on the ground. Left there after serving in the Marines & came to Calif. Chuck
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