No one expected the storm that showed up on that fateful day in 1991, but it came at us hard. I was lucky I wasn't here, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be ready.
It's news that's going to affect us in the Northland - especially with the amount of snow, ice, and cold weather we get. The Weather Channel has announced that they'll start to name select winter storms - much as hurricanes and tropical storms get names.
Duluth-Superior sits smack-dab in the middle of "snow country". A typical winter in the Northland sees at least two or three good sized snow storms before it's all said and done. Some years, we're treated to a blizzard. If you're reading this in one of the sunshine states and wondering to yourself "what is a blizzard" - then let me explain...