Manisnowba's Argumentative Essay

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There is a point in everyone’s life where they wonder if something they are facing will ever end. March 4th, 1966, is the day that would begin the most profitable week ever for snow clearing businesses in the city of Winnipeg. Our city’s nickname as Winterpeg, Manisnowba was eternally cemented in the span of twenty hours. On that day, Winnipeg endured one of it’s most colossal snowstorms in it’s history. The snow stranded a large amount of people, stores turned into shelters, and it seemed like the snow would fall forever. The storm effectively shut the entire city down. Barbara Kaufman, my maternal grandmother, and Sybil Lerner, my paternal grandmother lived through this storm, and have recalled some of their memories. Both were mothers of …show more content…

She mentioned that “the snow was so high, in some places it was 12 feet high”(Kaufman). Also, she remembered how she had friends who could not leave their homes because of the height of the snow, and that another one of her friends thought he was a hero because he managed to shovel his way out of the snow of his Grant Avenue home. On a more personal note, she recalled that my grandfather, who was a doctor at the Winnipeg General Hospital (now the Health Sciences Centre), had to come home early, and the snow trapped him in his house throughout the weekend. Moreover, he was busy taking medical calls all weekend because the snow prevented him from being at the hospital Barbara took care of the children in the meantime. Primarily, she remembered that through mediums such as radio and tv, you were able to hear stories throughout the cities. She discussed the birth story about the police officers, and the people who slept at Eaton’s and The Bay. On that note, she added that the two stores kept men and women separate from one another. She also remembers that some people slept overnight in city hall, and that the mayor, who was Stephen Juba at the time, had established emergency centres for people who needed them. Both Sybil and Barbara have one common memory; that above all else, there was a sense of togetherness, and that if people could help each other out, they did. Furthermore, since they both lived in apartment …show more content…

This storm, which occurred from November 7-8, 1986, had almost as much snow. Nearly 36 centimetres fell on the city that day. Barbara, however, could not think of a storm in Winnipeg that was as impactful. Although she remembers storms in other centres that were as large compared to Winnipeg’s in 1966. Both are not sure if there will be another storm as forceful. Specifically, Barbara notes that the weather has changed since then, and that it is much warmer now. For example, on January 20th of this year, the temperature reached an astonishing +3 degrees, which is unheard of for Winnipeg in January. That day was in a stretch where the weather consistently reached above the freezing mark, which is highly unusual for Winnipeg in January. In short, Sybil and Barbara have many strong memories of the 1966 blizzard, it still has an impact on them today, and they will remember this storm vividly for years to

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