π ΖΈπππΖ· π½ βΒͺΞΒΊΖ π£ Ω · @aaronjhill
18 followers · 1304 posts · Server mastodon.xyzFifty degrees in two minutes! From -4Β° to 45Β° in just two minutes. On #January22nd in 1943. Then plunging from 54Β° back to -4Β° that same morning. That's weather in #SouthDakota for ya, which helps explain the #ChildrensBlizzard in 1888. http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/degrees-in-minutes-spearfish-library-celebrates-record-breaking-weather-day/article_05e7b793-8ad4-5517-9a10-5a27546a328a.html #Spearfish
#january22nd #southdakota #childrensblizzard #spearfish
π ΖΈπππΖ· π½ βΒͺΞΒΊΖ π£ Ω · @aaronjhill
18 followers · 1304 posts · Server mastodon.xyzThe #ChildrensBlizzard, a #book by a man named #DavidLaskin, is βthe #gripping #story of an #epic #prairie #snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived #settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the #American #frontier.β https://aaronjhill.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/the-childrensblizzard-is-the-gripping-story-of-an-epic-prairie-snowstorm/
#childrensblizzard #book #davidlaskin #gripping #story #epic #prairie #snowstorm #settlers #american #frontier