What America learned from the sweeping Great Plains blizzards of 1949
Seventy-five years later, the blizzards of 1949 remain one of the worst recorded storms that have ever crossed the northern Great Plains.
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Seventy-five years later, the blizzards of 1949 remain one of the worst recorded storms that have ever crossed the northern Great Plains.
Enough is enough. That’s what most Northeast Nebraskans may be thinking about the snow that’s fallen since the winter began. So far, Norfolk has received more than 27 inches, which
Reminisce on Nebraska's worst single blizzard of the 20th century.
“It won’t happen again,” according to 88 year-old Gwen Johnson-Otte, who as a young teenager experienced the horrific “Blizzard of ’49”; a blizzard that inundated the entire upper plains region and affected some 14 states...
Each decade and each year within them bear out their own unique weather events. Stacker consulted historical, climatologic, and other news sources to find the most notable weather events each year since the Great Depression.