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How did people respond during the schoolhouse blizzard of 1888?

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Many people were caught unaware because this blizzard moved in very quickly on a relatively warm day. Most of the people who died were young schoolchildren who were either trapped within the schoolhouse or were lost on their way home.

People responded quite differently to this sudden white out on the plains. Some teachers sent their students home early, while others knew better and kept their students in the schools with them. Anyone trying to make their way home was faced with zero and near-zero visibility in blowing snow and numbing, bitter cold. Frostbite occurred in only a few minutes and many people froze to death as wind chills easily reached between -60F and -90F.

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