Armistice Day Blizzard [Storm]

[Jim Eshelman]

Iowa's deadliest natural disaster is the Armistice Day Blizzard from 1940.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Armi ... y_Blizzard

The blizzard formed November 11, 1940. The day began with unseasonably warm temperatures which climbed into the mid-60s by early afternoon, them rapidly plummeted. Winds arose, sleet and snow fell. A "raging blizzard" began that lasted into the 12th, dropping 27" of snow and 50-80 mph winds driving 20' drifts. I'm not sure where it was worst in Iowa (which doesn't seem to have been the worst state hit; one picture portrays Davenport, but I think the whole state was buried).

The storm covered a 1,000-mile-wide swath, reaching from Kansas to Michigan. 145 people (and thousands of cattle) died across the larger region.

I have low expectations for this event, because it doesn't seem really localized in Iowa, though it does represent a couple of days that were Iowa's worst in some respects, and the state is near the center of the area impacted. Let's try November 12, 1940, 0:00, Des Moines, IA (capital and approximate center).


Year: Capsolar
Mars on Dsc (2°51')
Jupiter on Dsc (1°50')
-- Ma/Ju on Dsc (0°31')
Moon-Neptune (0°43')
-- Moon on Dsc (7°20')
-- Neptune on Asc (9°01')
Mercury on IC (8°38')

Bridge
t. Neptune op. Capsolar Moon (0°55')

Quarter: Libsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto sq. (0°47' in mundo)
Quarter: Cansolar (Dormant.)

Quarter: Arisolar
Jupiter sq. MC (1°43')
Sun on WP (0°10')
-- Sun-Jupiter conj. (1°34')

Month: Caplunar
Uranus on MC (0°50')
Mercury on IC (0°52')
-- Mercury-Uranus op. (1°42' in mundo)
-- Me/Ur on meridian (0°01')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Asc sq. s. Uranus (1°+)
p. EP conj. s. Pluto (1°)
---------------------------------
t. Neptune op. s. Moon (0°55')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits (Dormant.)


SUMMARY
Year: Mars Jupiter (Moon Mercury Neptune). Moon-Neptune Ma/Ju.
Bridge: Neptune (Cap).
Quarter: (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto.
Quarter (Cansolar): (Dormant.)
Quarter (Arisolar): Sun Jupiter. Sun-Jupiter.
Month: Mercury Uranus. Mercury-Uranus.
Day (Capsolar): Uranus Pluto (CapQ). Moon-Neptune (transit).
Day (Cansolar): (Dormant.)