aftermath the blizzard of '99
January 3rd 1999 - The city digs out

touch of white on big blue
Snow even on top of the water tower.		 car lot on 165th street
Need a car? Hope you like white.
columbia and 165th
Columbia Avenue and 165th Street		 hohman and fayette
Hohman Avenue and Fayette Street
city snow plow
City crews work to unclog streets.		 all clear
Neighborhood street cleared of snow.

What a payback after such a mild December. Mother Nature blasted the city with some 16 inches of snowfall on Friday and Saturday. Strong winds piled the snow into 2 and 3 foot drifts. The brutal winter storm forced the closure of the Hammond Public Library, the Hammond Civic Center and Woodmar Mall. The bad weather also forced the cancelation of the city's bus service. The storm was somewhat less disruptive since it occured over the weekend.

Major roads, arterial streets and most residential streets were cleared of snow over Saturday night and Sunday morning. The city street department had some 24 snow plows along with other support vehicles working throughout the storm and afterwards. Making the city byways passable was quite a monumental task. View page one of our special photo coverage -- the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1999 -- click link below.

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All of the above photos were taken on the morning hours of Sunday, January, 3rd 1999.

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