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Snow in Chicago

George Dunea

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Twenty one inches of snow came down on Chicago in one day in the first week of January, in what was the third worst snowstorm of the century. For a few hours the city ground to a halt, its roads impassable, visibility reduced to a few feet. Then out came the snowploughs, for this is a city that once voted a mayor out of office for failing to clear the snow promptly, and soon the main highways …

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Twenty one inches of snow came down on Chicago in one day in the first week of January, in what was the third worst snowstorm of the century. For a few hours the city ground to a halt, its roads impassable, visibility reduced to a few feet. Then out came the snowploughs, for this is a city that once voted a mayor out of office for failing to clear the snow promptly, and soon the main highways …

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Twenty one inches of snow came down on Chicago in one day in the first week of January, in what was the third worst snowstorm of the century. For a few hours the city ground to a halt, its roads impassable, visibility reduced to a few feet. Then out came the snowploughs, for this is a city that once voted a mayor out of office for failing to clear the snow promptly, and soon the main highways …

Key concepts: Snow, Winter storm, Visibility, Snow removal, Meteorology, Geography, History, Physical geography

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