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[New post] Manitoba hit with one of worst blizzards on record 50 years ago
katiedangerfield2014 posted: "WINNIPEG -- It may be a cloudy and snowy Friday, but at least a massive blizzard isn't heading towards the city. Fifty years ago on March 4, 1966, a huge snow storm swept through the city shutting it down in a matter of hours. It was one of the worst b"
WINNIPEG -- It may be a cloudy and snowy Friday, but at least a massive blizzard isn't heading towards the city.
Fifty years ago on March 4, 1966, a huge snow storm swept through the city shutting it down in a matter of hours. It was one of the worst blizzards on record.
The "mega blizzard" forced buses to stop running, and snowmobiles had to take nurses and doctors to work. More than 1,500 of people were stuck downtown and slept overnight inside Eatons and The Bay department stores.
Henry and Jacqueline Ryz at the back door at 524 Dunrobin Avenue in East Kildonan. The picture was taken on March 4, 1966 after the storm.
Buses came to a halt in downtown Winnipeg after the city with hit with up to 39 cm of snow.
Snow drifts buried cars, and also were so high they drifted right up to roof tops, according to the Weather Network. The blizzard was considered responsible for the deaths of two men who died of heart attacks while walking to their homes, at the height of the storm.
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