It was on this date in 1949 that the North Dakota Air National Guard was called upon to drop feed for stranded starving animals in the western part of the state where a storm had dumped 16 inches of snow. Anybody who has lived in North Dakota for any length of time knows about snowstorms. The state is often accused of being the worst of the lower 48 states for winter weather but, surprisingly, many of our records are surpassed by other states.