What is your NMU connection?
I was a student at the end of the 1960s
Your favorite NMU memory or story
For the 1967/68 school year, I lived in Gant Hall. There was a large gravel parking lot (across from the dorm) where I kept my car. I did not use it during the week, only on some weekends. It was mostly for getting me from my home in New Jersey to NMU and back again. I remember we had a particularly cold snap and winter storm. It was really cold, down to minus 40 degrees a few nights. When the snow stopped and I went to the parking lot to dig out my car I couldn't get my car started. I lifted the hood only to discover that the battery had frozen. I learned a good bit about cold weather and batteries that winter. After it thawed out, I had to purchase a new battery and put it in my car. I have not encountered a winter that cold since then.