True or False: The little boy named Walter did not survive the Children\'s Blizz

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True or False: The little boy named Walter did not survive the Children's Blizzard of 1888?. Select one: . True. False. True or False: An EI Nino is characterized by above normal sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean.. Select one: . True. False In 1997, a very strong EI Nino occurred which made headlines around the world. NBC's hit TV show, Saturday Night Live did a skit involving Chris Farley where he candidly informed the audience of his translation to English of the word "EI Nino." Properly translated, EI Nino refers to.... Select one: . a. Sir Gilbert Walker. b. Jesus Christ. c. David Spade. d. The Nino. e. Peruvian fishermen.

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11. False

Walter Mitchell's blizzard story, and other central South Dakota weather tales from 1873 to 1960, were compiled by S.S. Judy, of Forestburg, in 1962 and are preserved in stapled sheets of paper with a blue cover by the Mitchell Area Historical Society at the Carnegie Resource Center.

"To get to the house, we crawled on our hands and knees," Mitchell recalled. "We could not stand upright in such a wind and the only way to see was near the ground. If we stood upright our faces were soon covered in ice, the eyes frozen shut, we could barely breathe.

"In the time it took us to reach the house, the fine particles of ice and snow were driven into our clothes and we were fairly encased in icy armor."

But the brothers survived the storm unharmed. Some of their neighbors weren't as lucky.

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