Even if the city gets a near-foot of snowfall Wednesday, it won't hold a candle to some of Milwaukee's most epic blizzards.

This storm was billed at the worst in Rochester in a decade. Snowdrifts were hip-deep. Roads were closed and airplanes ...

the blizzard of 1947, the largest in Milwaukee memory, buried the city in more than 18 inches of snow. Streetcars were stranded, cars were abandoned, and kids zoomed through the streets in skis.