Blizzards — Winter's Perfect Storm

Snow piled high outside gas station during height of blizzard which slammed into the Midwest and affected much of the country, overriding a national wartime censorship blackout of weather reports.
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Snow Job
During World War II, in the name of national security, the Office of Censorship ordered a curtailment of all weather-related broadcasts. A Blizzard in 1942, however, which slammed into the Midwest and affected much of the country, commanded a momentary lift on the ban.

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