I can't find any pictures but, in Dec 1978-Jan 79 Milwaukee got "dumped" on big time. My buddies and I built a snow house inside of the piles at the high school. We installed speakers and connected them to my Panasonic tape player through the earphone jack! It had two distinct rooms with a small hallway between the two.

Here's a little something I did find about the winter that year....

December 31, 1978 - January 1, 1979 14.0 inches.

Major snowstorm hit during the New Year's holiday which also happened to fall on a weekend. Winds gusting to 40 mph caused drifts to 6 feet, blocking many rural roads.

January 12-13, 1979. 14.3 inches.

Another major snowstorm followed the New Year's storm by two weeks. Winds gusting to 40 mph caused near blizzard conditions with drifts to 6 to 8 feet blocking many roads. Travel became nearly impossible with many snow plows pulled off the roads.

January 23-24, 1979. 9.5 inches.

Incredibly, less than two weeks later another major snowstorm struck the area with near blizzard conditions and blocked roads. After this storm, record snow depths of nearly three feet were measured. Accumulated snow on roofs of houses, barns, and other buildings caused the roofs to sag greatly or collapse during the month.

37.8" !!!!!! Yow.

lol yep!!!

 

 

Ask and you shall receive. LOL

 

Not nearly as dramatic though: 

 

 

 

 

I took that picture to show my wife because I knew that they have had lots of issues with this lady's attitude where she works too. She had me email it to her work and it got passed around there so they could all enjoy the moment as well.

 

 

 

-- Edited by WebGuy at 13:47, 2007-01-30