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The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard, School Children's Blizzard, [2] or Children's Blizzard, [3] hit the U.S. Great Plains on January 12, 1888. With an estimated 235 deaths , it is the world's 10th deadliest winter storm on record.
This tragedy became known as the Schoolhouse Blizzard, Schoolchildren's Blizzard, or The Children's Blizzard. [1] This cold snap and blizzard were part of a month when temperatures averaged below normal by 6 to 12 °F (3.3 to 6.7 °C) across much of the northern and western United States. [2]
A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds and low visibility, ... Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888 North American Great Plains. January 12 ...
January 1886 blizzard; Schoolhouse Blizzard; Great Blizzard of 1888; Great Blizzard of 1899; Great Lakes Storm of 1913; 1920 North Dakota blizzard; Knickerbocker storm; 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard; Great Snowstorm of 1944; North American blizzard of 1947; Great Appalachian Storm of 1950; December 1960 nor'easter; North American blizzard of 1966 ...
The winter of 1885-1886 was mild on the northern plains but the blizzard of January 1886 was catastrophic for ranchers on the southern plains. The winter of 1886-1887 had a wider impact with the Big Die-up killing hundreds of thousands of cattle and bankrupting many ranchers on both the northern and southern plains.
Jan. 26 marked the beginning of the Blizzard of 1978 in Ohio, also known as the Storm of the Century. The storm killed 51 people in Ohio and caused at least $100 million in damage. It closed roads ...
The project, a 1907 two-bedroom schoolhouse anchoring two wooded acres in the village of Sewickley, 13 miles northwest of Pittsburgh—needed a lot of TLC. “The place was ugly, and it wasn’t ...
A theoretical blizzard may only impact enough people with enough snow to rate a category 2 on NESIS, but bring winds of over 70 MPH, paralyzing the region for days as 5–10 foot drifts and windblown debris are removed. Also, NESIS specifically provides for the storm's impact to the entire population of the affected area.