Duke took a lot of pictures during the Christmas storm of 2009. Be sure to click on the blue headline atop this article to see the rest!
CARL LARSON worked away at this drift across his driveway in northwest Wessington Springs. He has just a little five-horsepower snow blower. “It was good enough for Omaha where we used to live, but I need a bigger one here or I’m going to have to hire this thing done. I’m getting too old for this,” he said.
CLEAN UP THE MESS
THE CITY OF WESSINGTON SPRINGS CREW came together to keep streets open during the Christmas blizzard. When things settled back down they hauloed the piles of snow out. All of the departments helped out in the Herculean task of cleaning up. the loader fills a dump truck near the Heritage Center on Saturday (above).
School is blown shut
IT WILL BE QUITE a project to dig out the front door of the Wessington Springs grade school. The door is somewhere north of the flag pole behind the huge snow drift that reaches up to the roof. The Christmas blizzard lasted almost three days and left most everyone in the county with a dig-out project.
Making the best of it!
TWINS JACI AND NEESA Wespby frolic in the snow in front of their home on College Avenue in Wessington Springs. While fun for some, it was a real pain for area farmers and ranchers who spent a lot of time keeping dug out to do chores. There still is a lot of corn in area fields that could delay the last of the harvest until Spring.
Ila’s house is “swamped”
LOOKING A LOT like the Matterhorn, this 10-foot mountain formed in front of the Ila Warnke home on Main Street West in Wessington Springs, one of the many drifts left over from the 2009 Christmas blizzard.
SHAWN PRIVETT and his son Zak scoop out their driveway on College Avenue. Boo Boo, the dog, all dressed up in an overcoat, seemed to be enjoying the day. Cold weather forecasts for later this week mean the snow will be with us for awhile.
Making the best of it.
TWINS JACI AND NEESA Wespby frolic in the snow in front of their home on College Avenue in Wessington Springs. While fun for some, it was a real pain for area farmers and ranchers who spent a lot of time keeping dug out to do chores. There still is a lot of corn in area fields that could delay the last of the harvest until Spring.
on Dec 29th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
I would venture to guess that Fallie Beers’ country home, the underground house, is nearly invisible after the blizzard. The rear entry, with the elevator, is probably all one can see of it.