Posted on 02/20/2021 9:41:24 AM PST by buckalfa
I was at I.U. at the time.
Had a blast! Jumping off balconies into huge drifts, making snowmen, and snowball fights.
They called off classes for the week but later made us go on Saturdays to make up for the missed time.
Bummed at the time but then later realized they were giving us our moneys worth. Doubt that would happen today.
Yup! Once burned, twice shy. Or something like that?
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Blizzard of ’78: A look at the legendary storm that paralyzed Ohio 40 years ago
WJW Fox8 ^ | January 25th, 2018 | Darcie Loreno
Posted on 2/20/2021, 12:41:24 PM by buckalfa
I was living in Sturbridge, MA at the time. They sent us home early from work the afternoon of Feb. 6. Drove home in a total whiteout. My then 10 and 8-year old daughters loved every minute of it, no school for a week.
Talk about ironic. No more did they diss the red, green and orange Chevy Nova (there's a story why so many colors) down the street!
I was 7 at the time. I remember the cars being buried. That’s about it.
It was either ‘78 or ‘79 living in Northbrook, IL when the wind chill registered at -80 degrees. A brother living in Phoenix called to rub it in: there was a 160 degree difference between his high for the day and our wind chill!
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I remember it was like 60F the day before. -14F, 14” of snow (not counting lake effect snow (we got buried, double that). Schools closed for a week and a half also.
This winter stuff Is nothing now. Just feeds the fear and panic media
I’ve noticed that.
The children no longer get snow days.
The government has screwed these kids for life.
I flew with my Mom to Great Falls, MT via Denver and Cheyenne in 1979.
We got there and it was 44 degrees. Snow was 8ft deep along front door sidewalks at Malmstrom AFB. The low that night was -13. Ouch!
(visiting family)
Global Warming
I saw a pathetic snow flurry. In Miami.
“In my books, nothing comes close to the Buffalo Blizzard of ’77...”
The inspiration for the Jimmy Buffet song lyric, “They’re freezing up in Buffalo, stuck in their cars and I’m laying here neath the sun and the stars.”
I recall reading a story about that ice storm. Someone who owned a farm had a very large barn type building that they had converted into rec hall for their teenage kids. Pool and ping-pong tables, basketball goal, kitchen, bath, generator, propane heat. Since they had power they invited all the neighbors who needed refuge to come and camp out and it was one big party inside for a few days.
My husband was watching the Bengals, IIRC, it was snowing like crazy. I didn’t think anything of it until I Realized they were playing in Cincinnati.
Saw someone sking down a major road.
It was so cold in our apartment that all we could do was stay under our electric blanket.
I ended up pregnant.
It was so cold in our apartment that all we could do was stay under our electric blanket.
I ended up pregnant.
Tires froze to the roads. They had to remove them with bulldozers.
We had a two story snow fort from the plowed and dumped snow from that storm. No school for a whole week, and the snow reflected the light so it was still quite light out after sunset so we could stay out.
There were no coyotes in KY until then. The Ohio river froze over and they walked in from the north and west.
I was living in Central Ohio at the time. As soon as the roads were clear evough I moved to Southern Kalifornia and never looked back.
My cousin was one of those guys stuck on 128, his car was pretty trashed by the time he got it back.
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