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 Holabird AdvocateProviding all the news we see fit to print since 2002!Monday, November 28, 2005 Blizzard Shuts Down South Dakota State Government and I-90 Closed Governor Mike Rounds has ordered the state government shut down for the day as a blizzard warning is in effect for central and eastern South Dakota until Midnight. Interstate 90 is closed from Kadoka to Mitchell. Before the day is over, it is speculated that it will be closed clear to the Minnesota border. First Assistant Fire Chief of Engine Company #1, Doug Hinkle reports that the entire city of Pierre has shut down as well. He and his family are trapped in the house and forced to live on macaroni and cheese. Every so often Cade Hinkle picks a fight with somebody. Too bad they don't have a Monopoly game. Six Inches and Counting for Holabird Over last night and this morning, the Holabird area has had six inches of snow. Visibility is so bad at the Ponderosa that Darrel Hinkle drove in the yard and nobody knew it until he was seen in the tractor a few minutes later. He fed the cattle, and went home. The 7 mile trip to Darrels place took 20 minutes. There are reports of power lines down in the Highmore area, but the Ponderosa still has power as of post time. Travel, of course is not recommended unless absolutely necessary. Even cell phone reception is not to be counted on. Using the Harold Hinkle Scale (Patent Pending) there is only one telephone poles distance of visibility at the ponderosa, with occasional flashes of the second pole. Anyone living in this blizzard is advised to stick as close to home as possible until tomorrow and pray for a quick end to this storm.
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What I want to know is how to measure the snowfall. Here at my place the ground is either blown clear or covered with drifts 2ft - 8ft deep.
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MJ is snowed in at Piere after getting off work Sunday night and is due back Tuesday evening. The Nemec girls (Erin and Brigette) are eating all the frozen pizzas in the house and making bets on how soon school will be called off on Tuesday. Ana and her college roommate Danika Busse headed back to SDSU Sunday afternoon driving very slowly and counting wrecks in the highway ditches. It hadn't started to snow yet but the roads east of Highmore were ice covered from the freezing rain. Their trip took about twice as long as normal but they "got out while the getting was good" and arrived in Brookings Sunday evening around 7PM. # posted by
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