Originally Posted By: pca
My father opened the front door about half past six in the morning, which was on the OTHER side of the house, mind you, to find there was a perfect imprint of the door in a huge snow bank, some eight feet or so deep at the house, which completely covered the garden, driveway, and car.
During the blizzards in North Dakota, every 10 minutes the radio would remind people it was time to open the outside doors wide, just so people wouldn't be trapped inside in the event of a fire.