The constant beating of the winds against the house, the
roaring, shrieking, howling of the storm, made it hard even to
think. It was possible only to wait for the storm to stop. All
the time, while they ground wheat, twisted hay, kept the fire
burning in the stove, and huddled over it to thaw their chapped,
numb hands and their itching, burning, chilblained feet, and
while they chewed and swallowed the coarse bread, they were all
waiting until the storm stopped. It did not stop during the
third day or the third night. In the fourth morning it was still
blowing fiercely. “No sign of a letup,” Pa said when he came in
from the stable. “This is the worst yet.” On the television
series Little House on the Prairie , the sun is almost always
shining—not surprising since it was filmed in Simi Valley,
California. On television, the weather was hardly ever a
problem. The TV stories are usually about how people interact
with each other. But in the books, the Ingalls family was up
against much more than that mean Nellie