If April showers bring May flowers, then what does May snow bring? Consternation? Anxiety? Snowfall in Michigan in the month of May is unexpected, but maybe not as crazy as you might think.
It was a storm that left so many here in New Jersey devastated. It was hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime weather event that caused so much heartache and destroyed and damaged so many homes and businesses here in the Garden State.
It was the third most severe flood of the Mississippi River in the 20th century. The waters rose, levees failed and the end result was 28 lives were lost and thousands were displaced by the 'Great Flood of 73' that created havoc in Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
There's a change in the weather that just might directly impact Illinois and it's El Niño's fault. A sudden change in the cyclical pattern has caused an alert by meteorologists and Illinois is specifically mentioned.