On February 14, 1958 in Haleyville, AL 16” of snow fell, an extreme snow event for that area of the country. The weight of the snow was extremely heavy and it caused many chicken coops in the poultry region to collapse leading to the crushing of many of the chickens inside. The coops were not constructed to withstand the heavy wet snow that fell, since the entire average winter’s snowfall in the region was a mere 1-2”.

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