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If You Were Here, You Remember This

Craig Koplien

email:  ckoplien@todaystmj4.com

If you lived in southern Wisconsin in April, 1973, you'll never forget it.

On April 9th, 1973, an historic snowstorm occurred in Wisconsin, bringing daily activities to a near stand-still for 2 days.  Many roads, including interstates, were shut down for around 48 hours.

Milwaukee officially recevied just under a foot of snow.  Madison got just over a foot.  But the snow totals were only part of the issue.

The snow was accompanied by powerful winds that gusted to around 60mph .  The winds led to drifts up to 10 feet high!

Many locations had thunder and lightning along with the snow.

The winter had been relatively mild and without much snow up to that point.  Undoubtedly, most probably believed we had escaped winter's wrath for the season.  Clearly, that wasn't so.

Conditions were so bad that new plowing strategies and equipment upgrades were implemented for subsequent winters.

Less than 2 weeks after the snowstorm, heavy rains combined with the melting snow caused major flooding on the Root, Fox and other area rivers.

When people talk about the fact that it doesn't seem to snow as much as it used to (this winter not withstanding), this is one of the snowstorms they are remembering.


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we had a storm like that when I was about 12 it ended up being about 3 feet of snow in then end with 30-40 foot drifts in places. The day started out in the 70's I went to school with no coat! My mom picked me up and we went to the grocery store because the forcast said snow and we needed some extra food. We were only in the store maybe 30 minutes and when we got out there was already three inches of snow..by the time my dad got home from work there was about 8. About 8 pm some crazy guy was beating on our door. He said he had slipped off the road and could only see our house because we had light (power was out but we had a battery lantern) he asked if he could stay and use the phone to call his wife. When he was "talking" there was dial tone that we could hear. Needless to say we didnt sleep that night at all and as soon as the storm was over my dad took him to his car and got him the hell out of there.

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wow!!!! omg.gif

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Thankfully, I believe we have made it through the winter and into the early Spring without that much snow this year. It is the same story though. It always looks pretty, but boy does it cause issues. Bring on the Spring!

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we almost always get one april snow...and its usually heavy and wet. I hope for spring but I know chances of it being over yet are slim to none.

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