Snow in Chicago
George Dunea
Abstract
George Dunea
Abstract
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