SC: 60 Years Since Hell Froze Over

It’s 10 days before winter is supposed to arrive, but since it’s here already I thought it might be instructive to tell you how bad it can get. Sixty years ago, all hell broke loose across south-central Idaho. Folks were snowbound and schools were closed for weeks at a time. Food had to be airdropped to stranded motorists on U.S. Highway 30 in the Magic Valley’s east end. The winter of 1948-49 remains the second-coldest on record, blowing in during first week of January when temperatures fell to minus-8 in Twin Falls and minus-29 in Fairfield. But the second week in January, high winds had closed roads and forced the cancellation of even makeup school days on Saturdays. Then the granddaddy of all blizzards landed on Jan. 15/ Steve Crump , Twin Falls Times-News. More here .

Question: Which winter experience was the worst that you’ve had?