Twin Cities PBS | Minnesota's Deadliest Blizzards | Full Length @TwinCitiesPBS | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Mary Lahammer of Twin Cities PBS tells the history of three deadly Minnesota blizzards along with meteorologist Paul Douglas, climatologist Mark Seeley, and historian Hy Berman. 1880's Laura Ingalls Wilder blizzard, 1888's Schoolchildren's Blizzard and 1940's Armistice Day Blizzard are all brought back to life.

00:12 History of Laura Ingalls Wilder family living in Walnut Grove, MN
03:04 Origins of blizzard weather term
05:10 Winter of 1880-1881. Walnut Grove, MN Blizzard
08:38 Jan. 12, 1888 "The School Children's Blizzard" in SW MN
11:43 Hypothermia, frost bite impact
15:21 November 11, 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard
16:25 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard survivor stories
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