Dakota Datebook: Weather history

Avid fans of weather history may recall that in mid-March of 1941, a blizzard swept across the upper Midwest, reaping death in its wake. Out of more than 70 victims, at least 35 fell in North Dakota.Reports of the dead and the close calls flew everywhere. The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Fargo reported that 2,500 long-distance calls were placed following the blizzard— the gre...

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