Jan. 2, 1949 started out as a calm, almost autumn-like, morning. I was in Kindergarten at the time. The Nebraska Weather Service issued the following forecast: "Cloudy with light snow. Little change ...
By 1941 forecasts were issued by the MSP Weather Bureau instead of Chicago to reduce the risk of more inaccurate forecasts. No blizzards in sight, just a warming trend (60 degrees by Friday), followed ...
The 1948-49 blizzard left over 75,000 people marooned and close to 34,000 miles of roads impassable. See photos of how Nebraska weathered the storm.
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