The Nation - News from March 21, 1986
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A blast of Canadian air that sent temperatures plummeting to near zero from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes and spread snow across the Midwest made the official start of spring seem more like the start of winter. “It’s a winter nightmare in March,” said state Trooper Baric Buck in Illinois, where Chicago-area police reported at least 150 accidents on icy, snowy roads. A high-pressure system over Minnesota funneled frigid air into the eastern half of the country, pushing wind chills to between 15 below and 30 below zero across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, upstate New York and Vermont.
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