I know we like to talk about "Polar Vortexes", how early winter came this year, and how drastic the change was but for a little perspective, lookup the "Armistice Day Blizzard" back in 1940. At least we had warning.

Within a few hours it went from 60 degree temps to a raging blizzard with 16 to 27 inches of snow, winds of 50 mph, and temps dropping into the single digits overnight. Hunters taking shelter on islands in the Mississippi had their camps flooded by 5 foot waves (on a river !)

145 people died across several states.