1940 Armistice Day Blizzard a day that started out warm in the 60 degrees and the... 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard a day that started out warm in the 60 degrees and the temperature dropped so quickly ...

School was held that day in La Crosse, Wis., but only in the morning. No classes were taught. Instead, students attended a program highlighting the sacrifices veterans had made for their country. Then ...

Dive to the William B. Davock This footage captured by diver Jeff Vos for the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association shows the 420-foot freighter the SS William B. Davock, which sunk off Little Sable ...

The "Storm of the Century" seemed to appear from nowhere. The weekend had been mild; some described Sunday as "shirtsleeve weather." But by Monday morning, Nov. 11, 1940, the wind out of the northwest ...

PENTWATER, Mich. (WZZM) – November 11, 1940. For those who were alive on that date, especially in the Midwest region of the United States, it was a day never to be forgotten. More than 150 people lost ...

Sunday, Nov. 10, 1940: “41 degrees and dampness all day.” Monday, Nov. 11, 1940: “Turning into an old-time snowstorm … the worst storm since Oct. 14, 1880.” Andrew Anderson of Hutchinson kept a ...

LUDINGTON, MI - The Armistice Day Storm of 1940 was a freak weather event that killed more than 150 people, including 64 sailors on Lake Michigan. Hurricane-force winds were whipping up 40-foot waves ...

It was November 11 and 12, 1940 and an unusually warm day as duck hunters all over the Midwest set off for a day in the woods. Little did they know a storm was brewing and within hours, they would be ...

Seventy five years ago Wednesday, Mankato residents were planning a giant parade on what started out as a balmy day. Then the temperature rapidly dropped and strong winds began to blow — a mix that ...

Duck hunting had been a little slow in the fall of 1940. That year, November 11, Armistice Day—renamed Veterans Day in 1954—fell on a Monday, so hunters were out taking advantage of a three-day ...

As I sat by my window Monday watching the blowing snow, I was reminded of another blizzard — on Nov. 11, 1940, when I was in second grade. Our house in Pipestone stood across the street from the ...

Editor's note: This classic Answer Man first ran Nov. 3, 2017. See Page B7 for another look back at the Armistice Day blizzard. Dear Answer Man, the anniversary of the Armistice Day blizzard of 1940 ...