Here it is 44 years later and i am still here. They got it all wrong in 1967, reporting that the snowfall would be 6". Last laugh on Harry Volkman! I will post a video of the results of this "historic" snowstorm. 22" predicted and I am starting to believe it will be true. I wish that I could be 7 again and play hookey all day on Wednesday...
Those pussies need to try a winter in Northern NY, our typical storms dump around 1-2 feet of snow over about 4 hours, and we don't even close anything, we just keep going on with our daily business because we're so used to it.
If you didn't have a marble for a brain then you'd know that blacks were mostly in the South @ the time. And besides, ANYONE is capable of committing a crime, black or not.
@barber747 Are you kidding me? Chicago was replete with blacks in 1967. The Great Southern Migration ended only a couple years after this. Most crime was/is committed by blacks (and now Mexicans) in Chicago. Anyone is capable of committing a crime, true, but it is not racist to recognize what racial group is doing the most of it.
@barber747 Chicago homicide stats are Blacks commit 80%, Hispanics 19%, while whites commit 1%. Chicago PD/Chicago Tribune stat. And for the record, blacks were well established in Chicago in 1967. Chicago had large riots in the black community in 1966 and 1968. Does that make his comments ridiculous enough for you to call him a "prick" or a "fag" or a racist? Since when does stating facts make you the target of insults?
This is in the days before teleprompters. Floyd Kalber! Wow. I was 13 when this happened, and spent many days digging out cars and clearing sidewalks.
That was a GREAT storm! The weather had been very unseasonably warm, in the upper 60's only a day or two before that blizzard hit. Kids were jumping rope on the playground of our schoolo with no coats on, it was that warm. Around 1:30 the sky started to look strange, then we were told to go home fast becaise a blizzard was coming, apparently a complete surprise. It hit hard and fast, until the snowdrifts were 6 feet or more as I recall. No school for many days. Fantastic!!!
@Maxwedge12000 Yes I was lucky to be one of them at 9 year's old. I was in Batemen grammer school at that time & was so happy to be off for a week or 2 just to get my sled & go sledding from the top of the hill at Horner Park. Man those were good days! :)
@Godzie1 Looking back I would those were glorious times. Remember how many kids there back then. There were millions of us always playing ball, ghost, kick the can etc etc etc. We were hardly ever in the house. It is sad to see the kids of today missing out on all of that. Oh well, prior generations probably said the same of us.
Think the news guy was Floyd Klaber....Harry volkman....the weatherman....he always wore a
flower on his suit coat during his telecasts. Chicago had good character news casters!
tumak1966 3 weeks ago
And to think while we were buried knee deep in snow back then, my uncle was basking in warm balmy weather in the Jungles of Vietnam!
starguard 1 month ago
What do any of these stupid comments below have to do with this clip? Geeze people get a grip!
parkman35 3 months ago
"All cars will be towed away"........by who?
gplito 1 year ago
@gplito LOL :D
starguard 1 month ago
Here it is 44 years later and i am still here. They got it all wrong in 1967, reporting that the snowfall would be 6". Last laugh on Harry Volkman! I will post a video of the results of this "historic" snowstorm. 22" predicted and I am starting to believe it will be true. I wish that I could be 7 again and play hookey all day on Wednesday...
scottblong 1 year ago
i live in Chicago. i hate it. i hate the fuking snow. i wish i was in Hawaii. why does life suck.
mrzack888 1 year ago
Those pussies need to try a winter in Northern NY, our typical storms dump around 1-2 feet of snow over about 4 hours, and we don't even close anything, we just keep going on with our daily business because we're so used to it.
elements806 1 year ago
I was nine years old at the time. Boy, what memories!!
rrbond07 1 year ago
Otis Buchanan
angusthethird 1 year ago
And to think i was only a year old when this happened, what memories.
TimelordR 1 year ago
chicago was all white people not that many black people less crime.
TheBucksatan 1 year ago
@TheBucksatan Racist.
harveysuperboy 1 year ago
@TheBucksatan
Wow you're a complete prick.
barber747 1 year ago
@TheBucksatan
Wow you're a complete prick and a fag.
If you didn't have a marble for a brain then you'd know that blacks were mostly in the South @ the time. And besides, ANYONE is capable of committing a crime, black or not.
barber747 1 year ago
@barber747 Are you kidding me? Chicago was replete with blacks in 1967. The Great Southern Migration ended only a couple years after this. Most crime was/is committed by blacks (and now Mexicans) in Chicago. Anyone is capable of committing a crime, true, but it is not racist to recognize what racial group is doing the most of it.
Open you're eyes, man.
FaganRoberts 1 year ago 2
@FaganRoberts
Well okay I apologize for the insults, but still, what you said previously sounded crazy!!
barber747 1 year ago
@barber747 Crazy, but true. And you know it.
FaganRoberts 1 year ago
@barber747 Chicago homicide stats are Blacks commit 80%, Hispanics 19%, while whites commit 1%. Chicago PD/Chicago Tribune stat. And for the record, blacks were well established in Chicago in 1967. Chicago had large riots in the black community in 1966 and 1968. Does that make his comments ridiculous enough for you to call him a "prick" or a "fag" or a racist? Since when does stating facts make you the target of insults?
standtall67 10 months ago
The old CTA buses in the clip.
RTD8481 1 year ago
My mom was so happy that she didn't have to go to school and she went to St. Thomas in Hyde Park in 1967.
xxxWarriorGoddessxxx 1 year ago
This is in the days before teleprompters. Floyd Kalber! Wow. I was 13 when this happened, and spent many days digging out cars and clearing sidewalks.
pbarrett 1 year ago
can you ask him if he has the whole news clip from 1967
1974rail 2 years ago
he sent me the entire recording yes, and I've posted another substantially longer clip from it elsewhere on my channel.
robatsea2009 2 years ago
where did you get this clip from?
1974rail 2 years ago
A friend provided it a few years back
robatsea2009 2 years ago
Yep - I was a senior in high school! Now I'm 61 :(
azsk8fan 2 years ago
That was a GREAT storm! The weather had been very unseasonably warm, in the upper 60's only a day or two before that blizzard hit. Kids were jumping rope on the playground of our schoolo with no coats on, it was that warm. Around 1:30 the sky started to look strange, then we were told to go home fast becaise a blizzard was coming, apparently a complete surprise. It hit hard and fast, until the snowdrifts were 6 feet or more as I recall. No school for many days. Fantastic!!!
stickershomeplus 2 years ago
You're not kidding. Floyd Kalber was great. Harry Volkman was a great weather forecaster, much to the likes of Tom Skilling.
TheIrishMolly 2 years ago
Wha a classic.
Tmetrvlr 2 years ago
cool memories
kathy3642 2 years ago
we need another storm like this
shash1995 2 years ago 2
Wow....I remember it so well...and I really loved it!!!
ShelleyGirl51 2 years ago 6
Floyd Kalber
Ryan11179 2 years ago
Man that was a great time to be a kid and living in Chicago.
Maxwedge12000 2 years ago 10
@Maxwedge12000 Yes I was lucky to be one of them at 9 year's old. I was in Batemen grammer school at that time & was so happy to be off for a week or 2 just to get my sled & go sledding from the top of the hill at Horner Park. Man those were good days! :)
Godzie1 1 year ago
@Godzie1 Looking back I would those were glorious times. Remember how many kids there back then. There were millions of us always playing ball, ghost, kick the can etc etc etc. We were hardly ever in the house. It is sad to see the kids of today missing out on all of that. Oh well, prior generations probably said the same of us.
Maxwedge12000 1 year ago
@Maxwedge12000
Remember Chicago in the 60s was a different time & safer.
I now have a 16 year old daughter & I am happy today's kids have video games & computers to keep them busy.
So we could keep an eye on them,
We had our generation gap w/our parents that I truly believe that the gap was thicker then todays kids is w/us.
It's a whole new world today & not as safe to be running around like it was in our day.
The last time I took a trip to Chicago? continue...
Godzie1 1 year ago
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Godzie1 1 year ago
@Maxwedge12000 I saw that Horner Park where I played as a child had a tall black iron gate surrounding it?
Was not like that when I was a child in the 60s?
There was no such thing as playdates. We use to meet each other at the theaters & check out the newest Godzilla flick.
It is a meaner world now & kids must be watched.
We were the fortunate ones who lived & played at a more fortunate time.
Hopefully things will get better.
BUt it won't! :P
Godzie1 1 year ago
@Godzie1
This was about 20 years before my time...and my dad was only six years old when this occurred.
barber747 1 year ago
@Maxwedge12000
One thing for sure w/the generation change over?
Our parents hated our music.
But our kids today?
Love it & try to copy it!
Godzie1 1 year ago
@Maxwedge12000 . You are so right!
elainebmack 1 year ago