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Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley ordered city workers to clear city streets around the clock and asked citizens for help. [7] On Friday, the city was virtually shut down and area schools were closed. [6] Chicago's fleet of 500 snow plows and 2,500 workers was out in force, and additional snow removal equipment was sent from Iowa, Wisconsin and ...
Donna Simpson (born 1967) is a woman who in 2008 expressed a "desire" to become one of the world's heaviest women, in competition with Susanne Eman.She wished to attain a target weight of 800 pounds (360 kg).
The record for the world's largest snowman or snowwoman was set in 2008 in Bethel, Maine. The snowwoman stood 122 feet 1 inch (37.21 m) in height, and was named Olympia in honor of Olympia Snowe, a U.S. Senator representing the state of Maine. [14] [15] The previous record was a snowman built in Bethel, Maine, in February 1999.
Snow has arrived in Chicago! And the first measurable snow of the 2024-2025 season was impressive. According to the National Weather Service’s Chicago office, 2.9 inches of snow fell at O’Hare ...
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Fifty years after the murder case of a 24-year-old woman went cold, authorities say they identified her killer. Mary K Schlais was stabbed to death on February 15, 1974 when she was believed to be ...
Yuki-onna illustration from Sogi Shokoku Monogatari. Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period Sōgi Shokoku Monogatari by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture), indicating that the legends already existed in the Muromachi period.
As of Thursday, the last time Chicago experienced measurable snowfall of 0.1 of an inch or more was earlier this year on March 15 when 1.8 inches fell. Though snow has fallen on five days since ...