My wife was doing some research and came upon this video. If you have a snow history it is fun to watch, love the old cars and trucks and the school bus...
OK it might be a waste of 10 minutes but I had to laugh several times, might be a mood thing but you will not know unless you watch.
https://youtu.be/NH20lpFu_3Q
Ed
1930s-era newsreel snow plowing in MI
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1930s-era newsreel snow plowing in MI
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Re: 1930s-era newsreel snow plowing in MI
I lived near Donner Pass for thirteen years in a spot that NWS said was the snowiest place in North America where people actually lived. During my first winter, on Valentine's Day I had to climb a ladder from my front door to the top of the snow. I ran a visitor center that interpreted how the development of transportation affected development and resource extraction, so I'm very familiar with snow. I learned many things, including:
* never insult a snowplow operator. In fact, get to know them, and they will be your best friends.
* never be afraid to get out at three in the morning to shovel and plow as necessary; don't wait for morning if it's snowing hard.
* Cream of Wheat is the absolutely best way to warm up after several hours shoveling and blowing snow.
* Shoveling a roof is the hardest work I ever did except for wildland firefighting, and a lot more frustrating.
* People on the Interstate from the lowlands think that a transfer case will allow them to drive 75 on ice. I almost never drove on tourist weekends
* Sierra Snow (Sierra Cement) is one of the heaviest substances on earth.
As a Californian, I know that my winters were never as cold as those in the midwest (hence the very heavy snows from off of the Pacific!) but it was a wonderful life and I miss it a lot. Today I work at a RR Museum and right now we have a SPRR Rotary snowplow in our roundhouse. Nearly every day I go back there and we reminisce for a few moments. Life is physically easier today, but the mental stress is much more substantial.
* never insult a snowplow operator. In fact, get to know them, and they will be your best friends.
* never be afraid to get out at three in the morning to shovel and plow as necessary; don't wait for morning if it's snowing hard.
* Cream of Wheat is the absolutely best way to warm up after several hours shoveling and blowing snow.
* Shoveling a roof is the hardest work I ever did except for wildland firefighting, and a lot more frustrating.
* People on the Interstate from the lowlands think that a transfer case will allow them to drive 75 on ice. I almost never drove on tourist weekends
* Sierra Snow (Sierra Cement) is one of the heaviest substances on earth.
As a Californian, I know that my winters were never as cold as those in the midwest (hence the very heavy snows from off of the Pacific!) but it was a wonderful life and I miss it a lot. Today I work at a RR Museum and right now we have a SPRR Rotary snowplow in our roundhouse. Nearly every day I go back there and we reminisce for a few moments. Life is physically easier today, but the mental stress is much more substantial.
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Circa 1991 510 upgraded to PowerPro and 4" casters, standalone SS bandsaw, SS jointer, Craftsman planer, and my 35 year old Craftsman table saw, which works in spite of itself! I'm always learning and never feel fully accomplished.
Circa 1991 510 upgraded to PowerPro and 4" casters, standalone SS bandsaw, SS jointer, Craftsman planer, and my 35 year old Craftsman table saw, which works in spite of itself! I'm always learning and never feel fully accomplished.
Re: 1930s-era newsreel snow plowing in MI
Snow, yes, I know what that is.
http://www.weather.gov/images/fgf/BillK ... typole.jpg
http://www.digitalhorizonsonline.org/ut ... DMROTATE=0
http://www.history.nd.gov/textbook/imag ... -house.jpg
But, it all melted again.
http://www.weather.gov/images/fgf/BillK ... typole.jpg
http://www.digitalhorizonsonline.org/ut ... DMROTATE=0
http://www.history.nd.gov/textbook/imag ... -house.jpg
But, it all melted again.
Re: 1930s-era newsreel snow plowing in MI
That was awesome! Thanks for posting. Artie
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