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(06-24-2021, 07:25 AM)grampahol Wrote: I spent 50 years one winter at Great Lakes Naval Training.. The blizzard of 77..  Ever march on 4 feet of snow packed down to a quarter inch when it's 49 below zero? I can't even begin to describe just how much fun that is.. Just the curvature of the earth alone is enough to make your body slide sideways on it. 
My very first memory there was revile @ 4am.. it came over the loud speakers.. REVILE, REVILE! IT'S A BALMY 49 BELOW OUTSIDE!  It never got even a tiny bit better..until I became a regular citizen again and no longer property of Uncle Samuel..  Anyone who ever said navy boot camp makes a man of you missed the part about making you hate anything cold. Lol
I even got to meet Captain Henderson..and not under ideal circumstances..

I lived in Eau Claire, WI that Winter. Rough stuff, brother, and all I had to do was wait for the school bus! Damn a bunch of training.
The next Winter was worse. Then we moved to Arkansas for the big heat wave/ drought.  The ground was literally turning to sand before our eyes...