1 Signed the Paris Peace Accords in 1973, ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. 2  Announced a groundbreaking foreign policy doctrine in 1969 that called for the United States to act within its national interest and keep all existing treaty commitments with its allies.
The snow started Monday morning, but the heaviest snow will fall Monday afternoon and early Monday evening. Most of the Chicago area will get four to eight inches. There is the potential for 10 inches in some locations. During the most intense phase of the storm a âcripplingâ 2-3 inches per hour is possible this afternoon. There is also the potential for thundersnow, CBS 2âs Megan Glaros reports. Strong southeast winds will also create blowing and drifting.
The most snow to fall in any 24 hour period is 75.8 inches (193 centimeters), well over six feet, that landed at Silver Lake, Colorado. The mountain lake sits at 10,220 feet elevation about 40 miles northwest of Denver. Its record-setting snowstorm began at 2:30 pm on the afternoon of April 14, 1921.