If you read Gene Budde's story in the Silver Salute about the winter of 1948-1949, you know what that winter was like in our area. We didn't have to worry about power outages because we didn't ...

It could just be a simple climate coincidence. To wit: The winter that had the second-warmest November daily temperature record (1970) did not have 5 feet of snow the following January.

In 1949 the corps and Union Pacific Railroad dispatched a total of more than 20,000 people to clear roads and lines. At their disposal were about 2,000 pieces of heavy equipment.