Giant Snowflakes, Ungodly Water Spouts And Dead Alive: This Month In SF History

The Chronicle plucked some rare gems from the news archives today, giving us a fascinating look at this month in San Francisco history ... Dec. 9, 1932: "Snow! Astonished residents of San Francisco saw it come down in flakes the size of quarters - and pile up on the ground! ... Flakes fell on Market Street, falling on the hurrying theater crowds and whitening the shoulders of newsboys." Dec 11, 1932: "A giant waterspout, more than 300 feet in height, which circled Hunters Point and finally co

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