about huge snowfalls,
the winter of 1978/79 was one for the record book.
snowfall for the season was 390.4 inches, over 32 feet of snow.
i didn't live here at the time so did not get to enjoy??? that experience.
people i know who lived here at the time said they could go sliding out their second story bedroom window.you could touch the telephone wire from the top of the snow banks.
an elderly farmer neighbor said a school bus got stuck coming up the hill, and became buried in snow up to the windows in short order. they got it out eventually.
if you do a search for keweenaw snowfall, you can see the big snowfall thermometer that is by the side of the road on U.S. 41 heading north.
keith
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