When I lived in Indiana in the 70's, we had a great blizzard in 1977. Since the northern half of the state is FLAT, when the winds blow from the west, the north-south roads would get drifted shut. I can remember that the Ind. National Guard sent tanks out to rescue folks stuck on n-s Interstate 65. And, interestingly, when the counties plowed out the local roads, the n-s ones must have had vertical walls of snow 8-10' high in places. One county would plow up to the last farmer at the north end of a road, and stop. The county to the north would plow out to their southernmost farmer, and stop. Of course, after a week or so, they came back and opened things up, but it was a mess for a while. I have memories of getting picked up by a giant Mack State plow truck when I slide my VW bus into a snowbank on one of the interstates, and riding in a nice warm cab, about 10' above the road, running at maybe 50 mph with a 12' wide plow in front of us moving whatever it encountered. The driver had been at it for many hours, living on coffee and cigarettes, and he was full of stories about plowing incidents.
