1931 : Thirteen Feet Of Low CO2 Snow In Chicago

8 Responses to 1931 : Thirteen Feet Of Low CO2 Snow In Chicago

1. u.k.(us) says:

   August 16, 2011 at 10:12 pm

   Story should read 13 inches 🙁
   A couple quick searches:

   http://www.chicagoweathercenter.com/severe/chicago-snow/chibrknews-blizzard-of-2011-5th-snowiest-and-counting-20110202,0,7053742.story

   http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/winter/chi_sno_hist.php

   2nd link not updated to include first link, but shows 1931.
   We almost broke the record this Groundhog Day, 13 feet seemed a bit deep 🙂

   “Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.”
   Benjamin Franklin

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2. gator69 says:

   August 16, 2011 at 11:37 pm

   Pshaw! Anything pre-satellite era is mythology.

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3. Blade says:

   August 17, 2011 at 10:10 am

   “1931 : Thirteen Feet Of Low CO2 Snow In Chicago”

   13.7 feet (164.4 inches) of snow in 36 hours = 4.5 inches per hour. Holy lake effect Batman.

   I wonder if Buffalo has got this record beat?

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4. Mohatdebos says:

   August 17, 2011 at 2:13 pm

   Poor Chile and Argentina as they suffer from both low and high CO2 snowfalls. Recent heavy snowfall has caused the closure of the Los Libertadores border crossing that connects Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina.

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5. u.k.(us) says:

   August 18, 2011 at 12:42 am

   Steven,
   Why did you delete my comment from yesterday, I only intended to alert you to an obviously wrong newspaper article.
   There was no mocking, only some data.
   I live in Chicago, i knew it was wrong.

   PLEASE DELETE AFTER READING THIS, STEVEN.

   FUCK, I HATE TO MAKE MISTAKES TOO.

   BUT, NOW YOU GOT “BLADE” TO DEAL WITH.

   MODS, DO NOT POST THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   peace.
   u.k.(us)

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   • stevengoddard says:

     August 18, 2011 at 5:13 am

     I didn’t delete anythng

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   • Blade says:

     August 18, 2011 at 11:52 am

     u.k.(us) …

     Dude it’s all good!

     If an old newspaper article is incorrect, I doubt Steve is going to mod a post to remove it. It’s history, no sweat! Besides, we definitely don’t want people elsewhere to be purging ‘incorrect’ stuff from the archives, too Soviet, and imagaine if the AGW crowd could do this (oh wait, MWP, LIA, 1934 …).

     I was just asking if Buffalo had it beat, only curious. There are lots of snow records around the Great Lakes as you probably know better than most people.

     If I were you I would have just posted stuff to refute or correct the incorrect newspaper article. It is probably available over at Trove if you feel like searching.

     No worries.

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     • stevengoddard says:

       August 18, 2011 at 12:13 pm

       This blog is devoted to incorrect science news reporting. Why would I remove an article because it is incorrect?

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