The Great Regina
Blizzard
by Phil Ambrosi
The Boxwooder #516
I enjoy learning about history from people who’ve lived
through it. Phil Ambrosi relates this experiences as a child in 1947 when a
strong, days-long winter storm closed the city of Regina
Saskatchewan ,
in the days before highways, cutting the city off from food and medical
supplies because the trains could not run. This is an intriguing firsthand
narrative about real wind chill and zero visibility, about stringing ropes from
barns to houses in order to make it back and forth safely in the wind driven
whiteout.
The Boxwooder is published by Jake Warner and is available
to members of the National Amateur Press Association. This is an extremely
long-running journal, always beautifully printed with fascinating subject
matter. You can write to Jake & send him a few bucks for back issues at The
Boxwood Press 116 Rosewood Drive Greenbelt MD 20770.
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