| Snow and a cold snap paralyze Puget Sound war industries in 1943. The Army temporarily lifts restrictions on weather reports, and the War Production Boarddeclares a heating-gas emergency. Residents are ordered not to use gas ovens and hot-water heaters, and to keep homes no warmer than 60 degrees during the day and lower at night. War plants, including Boeing at Boeing Field and in Renton, and shipyards in Seattle and Bremerton, run out of natural gas and lose power. |
TODAY IN COLD SEATTLE-AREA HISTORY, Jan 15
