Six days
25 inches of snow
12-foot high drifts
Zero visibility
7,000 stranded students
3 fatalities
Do you remember the Blizzard of 1971? #ldnont #swont @LFPress
25 inches of snow
12-foot high drifts
Zero visibility
7,000 stranded students
3 fatalities
Do you remember the Blizzard of 1971? #ldnont #swont @LFPress
Snowmobiles, then horses, were the major mode of transportation. Highway 401 was littered with abandoned vehicles. #swont
Police investigated hundreds of crashes, including a transport truck carrying 8,000 gallons of raw whiskey. #swont
About 12,000 students slept on classroom floors and desks throughout Middlesex, Oxford, Perth and Huron counties. Canadian Forces were called in to help. #swont