This Friday night at 9 p.m., light a fire, get under some blankets, and stay warm, because The Weather Channel is airing a true story bound to chill some to the bones. Dead of Winter: The Donner Party chronicles how 80 settlers in 1846 were snow-bound for five months without food or shelter in the […]
This Friday night at 9 p.m., light a fire, get under some blankets, and stay warm, because The Weather Channel is airing a true story bound to chill some to the bones.
Dead of Winter: The Donner Party chronicles how 80 settlers in 1846 were snow-bound for five months without food or shelter in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Many died and some succumbed to cannibalism to survive.
The Donner family, traveling west to California, decided to take what they thought was a shortcut and end up trapped by an eight-day snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
While waiting to be rescued or for the snow to thaw, the group runs out of food and turns to the only food source that remains … each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXbT_mTCr8Q&feature=youtu.be
The two-hour special, narrated by Emmy Award-winning actor Powers Boothe, is a hybrid of firs-person narration, remarkable reenactments, expert interviews, CGI and archival materials.
How deep can the snow get in the Sierra Nevadas?
During the winter of 1951-52, 65 feet of snow were dumped on Donner Summit.
The City of San Francisco luxury streamliner train crowded with 226 passengers and crew members became mired in deep snow drifts and was trapped for three days and nights. Although all 226 people survived, two rescuers gave their lives in selfless and heroic efforts to save them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Yew1UQuQE
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