Blizzard of 1949
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Topic: Blizzard of 1949
Posted By: HaroldOmaha
Subject: Blizzard of 1949
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 11:19pm
| On You Tube, just watched the Blizzard of 1949. Man if that happened this year, people would be in real trouble. Towards the end it pictured Allis crawlers, and a rotor baler being used to help stranded people in need. Think I saw somewhere Allis had a video about there helping in that blizzard. |
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 5:08am
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Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 7:36am
| Very interesting video, thank you for sharing. Where were the pictures taken? Doesn't look like central Ohio. Interesting way of moving those stacks of hay. |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 9:26am
| nnowadays there is a paved road to everywhere, accept today peploe are boobs they close the schools and roads when a cloud comes over , i really did like that video |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 2:47pm
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What states were affected by the blizzard of 1949? Twelve states were affected by the storms, but four — Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota — were the focus of Operation Snowbound |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 4:00pm
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This is a 1 hour PBS on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl6Iz4dXGdg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl6Iz4dXGdg ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 8:49pm
| Yea that's a good one. What were the " low boys" made out of that they pushed the hay onto. Did they build them just for that. |
Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2018 at 6:23am
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Back then, everybody pitched in to dig out and used everything they could get there hands on. Dad talked about the hours/days on a WD with a loader [narrow bucket] plowing out from a blizzard. These days people stay where they are and wait for the road crews to open up, And they have much bigger loaders,snow blowers, graders and plow trucks. Also the government orders a state of emergency and brings in the national guard. The guard air drops supplies where needed and provides humvees to fire Departments. We have bigger tractors, big snow blowers and walk behind blowers. Snow blizzards are not a big deal these days. ------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2018 at 10:25am
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Back in the mid 70's we had an ice storm and lost power then it turned to snow and dumped 22" on top of the ice. We huddled in the kitchen using a kerosene heater and lamps for 10 days. It was not fun. Guess that is why I have a generator as an insurance for it never happening again. And so far it has not but have used it a couple of times for summer storms that left us powerless. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2018 at 11:28am
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Looking at the HD5G pushing snow and moving the hay stacks . Used mine many winters here to clear snow in and around yard and shop , did quite a few rural drives and farmyards also with the HD5G - then with the HD5B and the 9' blade it moved snow but as the blade was not very high it didn't work as well as the 5G did later when i got the FD5 Fiat Allis dozer was sure faster and easier with grouser pads and the ability to use the 6 way angle blade . Here in 91 when we has the Halloween storm and deep freeze a day or so later I used my 715B TLB and spent over 48 hours opening my plowing contracts with it before I could have help plow with pickup plows ------------- Life lesson: If you’re being chased by a lion, you’re on a horse, to the left of you is a giraffe and on the right is a unicorn, what do you do? You stop drinking and get off the carousel. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2018 at 7:31pm
 They still panic!! But those of us who live up Nort,,,well, we just deal with it....------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
dave63 wrote:Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2018 at 2:38pm
| The blizzard of 1978 here in Ohio started out warm and rainin and turned to snow by morning and blowing, there was snow so deep it covered a semi in Mansfield they called out the National Guard with dozer to help clear the roads |