Wisconsin Stories: Coping with Cold
Special | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
The storms that stopped Wisconsin cold — from deadly blizzards to record snowfall.
This 2001 Wisconsin Stories documentary digs into the state's worst winters — the deadly 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard, Milwaukee's paralyzing 1947 storm, the 1976 ice disaster, and Hurley's record snowfall — through archival footage, eyewitnesses, and the story of Dr. Kate, the 'Angel on Snowshoes.'
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Wisconsin Stories is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Wisconsin Stories: Coping with Cold
Special | 27m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
This 2001 Wisconsin Stories documentary digs into the state's worst winters — the deadly 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard, Milwaukee's paralyzing 1947 storm, the 1976 ice disaster, and Hurley's record snowfall — through archival footage, eyewitnesses, and the story of Dr. Kate, the 'Angel on Snowshoes.'
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Wisconsin Stories is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin