The Upper Michigan Blizzard of 1938

Explanation: Yes, but can your blizzard do this? In Upper Michigan 's Storm of the Century in 1938, some snow drifts reached the level of utility poles . Nearly a meter of new and unexpected snow fell over two days in a storm that started 80 years ago this week. As snow fell and gale-force winds piled snow to surreal heights ; many roads became not only impassable but unplowable; people became stranded; cars, school buses and a train became mired; and even a dangerous fire raged . Fortunately only two people were killed, although some student s were forced to spend several consecutive days at school. The featured image was taken by a local resident soon after the storm. Although all of this snow eventually melted , repeated snow storms like this help build lasting glaciers in snowy regions of our planet Earth .