Image Credit: Bill Brinkman; Courtesy: Paula Rocco
Explanation: Yes, but can your blizzard do this? In Upper Michigan's Storm of
the Century in 1938, some snow drifts reached the level of utility poles. Nearly a
meter of new and unexpected snow fell over two days in a storm that started 76
years ago tomorrow. As snow
fell and gale-force winds piled snow to surreal
heights; many roads became not only impassable but unplowable; people became
stranded; cars, school buses and a train became mired; and even a dangerous
fire raged. Fortunately only two people were killed, although some students
were forced to spend several consecutive days at school. The above image was taken by a
local resident soon after the storm. Although all of this snow eventually melted,
repeated snow storms like this help build lasting glaciers in
snowy regions of our planet Earth.
