tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24515248.post114416142254545657..comments2011-09-15T18:42:33.915-07:00B Yen/Getty Imageshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18309558303360086894noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24515248.post-38176265369176699842011-01-30T22:31:00.523-08:002011-01-30T22:31:00.523-08:00Blizzard warnings were issued to go to parts of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin as snow socked the states in tandem with wind gusts topping 45 miles (72 kilometers) per hour. <br />The shower -- 10 days before the birth of winter -- took its greatest levy in Minnesota, where as much as two feet (61 centimeters) of snow had fallen in some locations, according to the Country-wide Ill Service (NWS). <br />The state&#39;s largest big apple Minneapolis was under a blanket of bloodless 17 inches (43 cm) profound, the worst snowfall to charge the big apple in more than 19 years and the fifth-biggest on record. <br />As an indicator of the thunder-shower&#39;s oppressiveness, Minneapolis-St. Paul Global Airport -- a travel hub with expertise in contending with venal rise above -- was shush down exchange for the maiden one day in years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com