Snowstorms sock upper Midwest (March came in like a lion up here)

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2007-03-03-midwest-storm_x.htm

Snowstorms sock upper Midwest

Updated 3/3/2007 3:08 AM ET


By Doug Glass, Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Fierce wind blew snow across roads and stranded hundreds of drivers on Midwestern highways Friday, as thousands shivered without power and airlines were forced to call off hundreds of flights.

At least 15 storm-related deaths have been reported since the snow began falling Wednesday, including a 10-year-old Wisconsin boy who died Friday in a car accident.

The storm left more than a foot of snow in some areas Friday. Even as the flakes stopped falling by afternoon, gusts of 40 mph prompted blizzard warnings and prevented major highways from reopening.

Officials at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport canceled 500 flights, blaming bad weather elsewhere.
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Hundreds of miles of interstate highway in Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota remained closed for much of Friday, with plow drivers forced to pull off roads because of the wind-blown snow.

More than 100 vehicles were abandoned as their stranded drivers were rescued in Iowa, where blizzard warnings were extended into Saturday.

I don't know about anyone else but I am ready for spring. We still have blowing snow and the drifts are so bad I need a snow plow. It's my only day off and I have no desire to shovel a four foot drift.

it-it is just hanging over the edge of the roof. never have seen this before.

...while snow in March is not completely unheard of and it quickly melted, it was kind of odd seeing it snow like the dickens for a night and part of a day.

Cat In Seattle

The most in one week in the last 40 years

What a mess

Send about 6 inches to cover my yard. We only have very slight flurries @ 10 this morning.