Happy Veterans Day and thanks to all those who have served/are serving our country! November 11 also marks the anniversary for 2 memorable storms that affected the Midwest. Each of these storms, the Great Blue Norther of 1911 and the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940, wreaked havoc across a large part of the country...see below for more!
1911 - This storm was unusual in the fact that it set record HIGHS and LOWS in the same day for several cities across the Midwest! Check out this link for the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Blue_Norther_of_11/11/11
1940 - Armistice Day Blizzard - This storm caught a lot of people by surprise and ended up fatally for dozens of duck hunters across the Midwest. Eventually this led to major changes in the weather forecasting business, for more check out this video:
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