The April 9, 1973 Blizzard-Remember?

We all have personal memories of that very unusual weather occurrence. Mine began months before when while I was dressing for work, Jan awoke and told of a dream she had about a Spring snowstorm. In great detail, she related how I managed to get to work but was stuck there for a day because our car got stuck in the show in the foot of snow in front of our home and I had received a ride to work by our neighbor who drove a fuel truck and could get through. Imagine our shock when it all came true just 3 months later.

Our experience began Sunday afternoon when we left the Julien Hotel where Local #289 of the American Federation of Musicians had hosted their annual membership party. We were surprised to see several inches of snow on the ground and definitely didn't expect that by the next morning we'd awaken to 19 inches had accumulated.

The Telegraph-Herald coverage of the snow event

After abandoning my car in the middle of Boyer Street, I managed to hitch a ride from our neighbor, Earl Derby, whose fuel truck was equipped with big tires and chains. He had no trouble getting me to work at the WDBQ studios at 1170 Iowa Street. Some of the WDBQ staff managed to get to work and we enjoyed the camaraderie while fielding phone calls and keeping the music playing. I recall taking a "dinner break" at about 5 pm that afternoon and walking down the middle of Central Avenue with Al Sampson to enjoy a sandwich at Dottie's Cafe. By Tuesday morning things were slowly getting back to normal.