A Record-Setting Blizzard Killed 75,000 Cows and You Might Not Have Even Heard About It [1]

Homes outside of Ellsworth Air Force Base.
(Image source: iWitness Rob Griffith/The Weather Channel)

Ranchers are still digging out thousands of their cattle that became buried in a record-setting snowstorm in South Dakota late last week and over the weekend.

One would think the death of 75,000 cows [2] by upwards of five feet of snow might get some national attention, but as one blogger observed [3], it has taken some time for the news of the precipitation massacre to reach outside of local media.