80 years ago, the Ides of March Blizzard killed 72 in the Red River Valley
Months after the devastating and surprising Armistice Day Blizzard, North Dakota and Minnesota residents preparing for spring were once again sucker punched by another tragic winter storm that struck March 15-17, 1941. 8:30 am, Mar. 16, 2021 ×
During the height of the March 1941 blizzard, seven people were stranded for hours in this car in a ditch of U.S. Highway 75 south of Moorhead. Very little snow fell during the blizzard, but what did fall was blown fiercely by 70 mph winds. Forum archive photo
Hear Tracy Briggs narrate this story here:
FARGO On March 15, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor was still more than eight months away.