The Great Blizzard of 1999 Looking out my front window in Knoxville IL
It started snowing and blowing on New Year's Eve. On Sunday, Jan 3rd it finally stopped snowing but the wind kept blowing and it got cold.	7:00am Jan 5, 1999	Real cold!
After the streets were cleared, the city's crews started working on the sidewalks. The snow was almost two feet deep in front of the Market Street Mall Here is how they cleared the sidewalks.
		I had dug a path from the main door along the West side of the building to the parking lot. The tractor operator set the bucket on the sidewalk...
and backed up dragging the snow into the street.
		Then he scooped up the snow and drove around the corner...
...and dumped the show in the square around City Hall.
		The result? A thin layer of snow that was packed tight by the pressure of the bucket but it is good enough until the weather warms up!
Here was the front of the building after my shoveling but before the tractor pulled the snow across the street.
		School was out for two days, in on Wednesday out again Thursday and in on Friday. As you can see, the kids loved their new ten foot high mountains next to City Hall.
By Fred Johnson Created January 5, 1999 Modified Nov 23, 2002