Comments by "Beth Hentges" (@bethhentges) on "The 1941 Ides of March Blizzard" video.

  1. In MN we don’t even THINK about moving the snow brush and scraper to the trunk (or the way back) till May or June. My parents told a story of a wedding in May. Short sleeves, no jackets, women in high heels on the way into church. About 3” of snow on the way out.
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  2. Yep. I was driving home from college in 1980 or 1981 for spring break on the Saturday of the boys basketball state tournament. Left St. Cloud in the evening, after performing in a concert, maybe 8:30PM-9:00PM. Just as I thought to myself that I was almost home—only another 40 miles left of a normally 3 hour trip that was already maybe 4-5 hours I fishtailed into the ditch in the median about 50 miles south of Minneapolis. Too deep to have a chance of getting the car out without a tow. Walked up to the road to flag cars for help. One or two passed me by, but the next stopped. As a small, 20 year-old female, in the dark, in what was now a blizzard, I was relieved to recognize the driver as a gym teacher from my hs. You see there was actually lots of traffic for a blizzard because so many folks were heading home from the tournament. During the next, very slow, 2-hour drive for those last 40-50 miles home, we picked up 3-4 other folks whose car was no longer on the road. Thanks to the careful driving of the teacher we all made it home.
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  3. In MN, blizzards in March are common—especially on the weekends during the state high school hockey and basketball tournaments.
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  4. I think Embarras, MN might hold that title.
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  5. And another rope from the house to the milking barn.
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  6. More snow headed here Thursday! That will make this winter the 7th most inches of snowfall in Minneapolis on record.
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