The Nation - News from Dec. 15, 1988

A blinding storm whipped by icy Canadian winds brought nearly a foot of snow to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, slowing traffic to a crawl and building huge roadside drifts. National Weather Service forecasters said that more than 11 inches of snow had fallen at Marquette, Mich., and they warned that the storm could bring an additional 2 feet of snow to the region. Wind-whipped snow clogged roads and temperatures plummeted to dangerous levels across northern Minnesota and Wisconsin as New England and New York City’s suburbs dug out from a surprise storm that helped snap a cold wave. Streets in Duluth, Minn., were clogged with 8 inches of snow, and the suburbs of Proctor, Cloquet and Carlton all reported 10 inches of snow, the weather service said.