? This talk makes me recall the winter of either 1963 or '64.....somewhere around there.........Council Bluffs hit -27, and the snow was coming down so hard & it was so windy that I literally could not see my hand in front of my face as I walked?home after being dropped off by the school bus at the foot of the hill leading to our house.? I believe that was one of the very few times school had to close early or was cancelled altogether. ? I remember being terrified the time that I "lost" my little sister when she fell into a snowdrift.? We had been walking where we thought the sidewalk was, but it turned out that were actually walking along a raised yard - when we got to the end of it, she stepped right off, not realizing that she was going to sink.? The heavy snow had made the entire area appear level, when it was actually on two levels, one about 4 feet higher than the other. ? Now I live outside of Dallas, TX, and when the weatherman even hints of temperatures falling below 32 degrees, everyone makes their "Plan B" arrangements, in case there is precipitation.? That's because even?a slight rain that freezes will bring the entire Metroplex to a standstill, and for good reason - our streets & highways will freeze into one solid ice slick. Laurie (McCampbell) Bornstein -----Original Message----- From: Jim <neiersj@hiwaay.net> To: Sharon Becker <srbecker@iowatelecom.net>; IOWA@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 7:28 am Subject: Re: [IOWA] Iowa Winters I don't know if it is all this Iowa snow disussion or the fact that I am watching it snow outside my window, RIGHT NOW, here in Alabama that makes me remember many Iowa winters. As nostalgic as they may be, I really do not miss them. The snow we are having is just a dusting with big flakes and almost no accumulation. It will satisfy my masochistic snow lust for the year. Jim in Huntsville ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Becker" <srbecker@iowatelecom.net> To: <IOWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [IOWA] Iowa Winters > I've put a photograph my relatives took of the Blizzard of 1936 > on Ringgold County's IAGenWeb site: > http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/photos/1936blizzard.html > > I recall that winter of 1966. We missed school the entire month of > January. Snow drifts were up to the eaves of the grainery and it > was an ordeal getting to the barn and back. We were milking about > 45 cows at the time and it is the only time that they never left the > barn lot. I resorted to using an old Iowan handwarmer while > helping milk the cows (hands inserted up between the cow's bag > and right rear leg.) It was so cold and so much snow that even > my brother's Shetland pony behaved herself. We also let the > farm dogs in the house that January. We hauled feed to the livestock > using our kids' sleds with the youngest kids sitting on the back of the > sleds to make sure the buckets didn't tip over. > Sharon R. Becker > Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator > srbecker@iowatelecom.net > > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message _________________________ ____________________ For additional information concerning how the list works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ _____________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message