I recall some genuine blizzard conditions both in Whizbang and environs and at Stillwater, while I was at OSU. Six inches to a foot of blowing snow, temperatures down well below 0F and winds of 20 to 30 mph. While at Stillwater I shared an old two bedroom house with friends during one of these. The gas pressure dropped till there was barely enough to keep the open gas heater burning, the single pane windows formed a sheet of ice on the outside and we were living in two pairs of pants, wearing multiple shirts and jackets indoors. Probably the winter of '63. Parents were calling to make sure we were O.K.

I worked in the Aquatic Biology Lab on the far side of the campus and walked to work, so I left early and took it in stages, stopping at the library to thaw out my nose and toes. As long as it was only snow it was O.K.

When I still lived in Whizbang I recall years when the January-February storm brought a foot of snow, followed by sleet and then freezing rain.  This formed a thick glaze of ice on top of the snow.  I learned to drive on ice after one of those.  Another of those had struck when I was about 5 and when the snow stopped my mother let me out to play.  I promptly slid down a gentle hill but could not get traction to climb back up. Fortunately, her feet would break through the crust so she came down to get me.  I was too young to even feel humiliated.

Winter on the southern Great Plains. But as often as not weather during the Christmas break would be dry with shirtsleeve temperatures, or jacket at most.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

I hear there's zero visibility in OKC.  Sounds like a helluva storm.

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