Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Detroit...
...m.p.h. (hurricane force is 75 m.p.h.), the wind-chill factor hitting -50° and record-low barometric readings, the National Weather Service classified the big blow as an "extratropical cyclone." That scarcely did justice to this great white whale of a storm. An NWS spokesman in Detroit called the blizzard "one of the worst, if not the worst," in Michigan's history. Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll said it was "the most devastating snow accumulation in 100 years." Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes also deemed the storm the worst ever in his state-"a killer blizzard looking for victims...
...Earlier in the week, he had proclaimed Snowmobile Week in the state, but the races at Traverse City had to be canceled: 20-ft. drifts covered the track. Other forms of transportation in the region did no better. Dozens of airports were closed, including those in Indianapolis, Columbus and Detroit. Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the world's busiest, shut down for only the fourth time in its 23-year history...
...blizzard was economically devastating, too. Detroit's auto-industry analysts estimated potential losses at $130 million, with 300,000 workers idled and production schedules snafued. Utilities were hard hit, paying overtime to crews repairing downed power lines, which left more than 150,000 in Ohio and 160,000 in Michigan without heat or electricity. The Chicago Black Hawks, who average about 10,000 for their home hockey games, had only 527 fans cheering their 5-0 victory over the Cleveland Barons. About the only beneficiaries of the blizzard were hotel and motel operators, who filled their rooms and lobbies...
...Islanders 7-Rangers 6, Pittsburgh 6-Minnesota 1, Cleveland 2-Detroit 0, Buffalo 2-Toronto...