[or-roots] 49/50 snowstorm (was are you still there?)

[Grainbin]

We were living in Fremont (Seattle) and I was in a basement apartment at the
time visiting a neighbor.  Dishes started rattling and we thought my
brothers (we lived in the apt. above) was wrestling.  Didn't take long to
realize what it was.  I grabbed my two year old niece ( I was 12 in 1949)
and ran up the outside stairs leading to the alley.  My Mother came running
out and was yelling, "Where's the baby?"  When she saw my niece she promptly
fainted.
Shirl
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Magbatt at aol.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] 49/50 snowstorm (was are you still there?)


> I remember that storm very well.  Isn't that the one that was accompanied
by
> a silver thaw?  I was 8 years old and remember trying to ride my new bike
on
> the icy layer covering the snow.  Every ten feet or so the front wheel
would
> break through the ice layer and sink down into the snow, pitching me
forward
> over the handlebars.  In between, I just slipped over sideways.  Guess I
must
> have been a slow learner.
>
> So next question - where were all of you when the big shaker came?  I was
> outside playing and can still remember seeing those poles and wires
waltzing
> around.
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