I was reading about the blizzard that hit out here in the west during the 40’s. Snow was so deep and drifted so bad that people were stranded for 4 weeks or more. Huge livestock animal losses but not human.
I thought, if that happened today....
Blizzard kills thousands of cows and threatens Texas dairy business
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/02/news/dairy-texas-storm-goliath/index.html