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Mother Has A Baby

A Blue Norther blew into the Houston area toward the end of January, 1940. A Blue Norther is a Texan’s way of describing a cold front that can drop temperatures dramatically, up to 20­30 degrees Fahrenheit in a few minutes. It usually shows up as a dark, blue­ black, curtain sharply defined against a cloudy sky. It arrives with a ‘whomp’ caused by the strong winds that are pushing it, with cold rain, sleet, or snow close on its heels. The one that arrived in the middle of that January brought a snowstorm that left about 8 inches of snow on the ground. The days following this storm were clear, but very cold. Continue reading