The storm I remember that would be most comparable would be the one in January 1975, the so called storm of the century. If I remember correctly it dropped more snow, covered just as wide an area if not bigger, the wind blew harder and it got much colder after the storm passed. The Halloween blizzard of 1991 dropped a pile of wet gloppy snow, at least a foot here. St. Cloud and Stearns County certainly remember the great St.Patrick's Day Blizzard of 1965. My wife was on the farm yet then. They were snowed in for almost a week, had to dump milk and eventually needed front end loaders to clear out their 1/4 mile driveway. I am not old enough to remember the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940, but that one left quite a few dead as the day started out so warm and then the temperature plummeted and the snow came. I would think one of these events would be comparable or would be able to be computer simulated for comparison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1975

http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/R...1252&CFTOKEN=94993382

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I don't suppose you know which plow driver did this:
http://forums.swedespeed.com/zerothread?id=131870
Nearly rear ended one of my friends due to icy roads and going too fast...

Finally off my 12 hour shifts. 8 days of plowing snow then removing it. I'm beat. Got allot of comp time built up. Hope everyone has a happy new year. Watch out for the drunks if you go out.

Best of the new year!

Thank you to both Courine and Dataman. Happy new year to both of you also. And thanks for the coffee DM.

Cheers