We know snow, especially lake effect, but this was a killer.
The entire county was shut down for days.
It was great and epic in New England as well.
A great happening for a kid.
I remember it well. No school for around 10 days. We plowed our driveway and kept stacking the snow in one spot out in the yard Over 20 feet tall and 50 feet in diameter. . There was still snow there first of May.
We were snowed in for 4-5 days and about 3 am a front end loader went down our street.
That was certainly epic. Lived in central Ohio at time (still do), and our farm got socked in pretty bad. Have quite a few stories to tell about it. That blizzard was the best sales promoter for 4WD pickups for sure.
Didn’t know Ohio had one too. In eastern New England we had one in February of ‘78...can’t recall the exact dates. After two days of shoveling I decided to walk a few miles to I-95 to look around. Not a car to be seen.
If its the same one I recall in Michigan, I was in my senior year in high school and my parents were on vacation for a few weeks. We had huge parties which resulted in two three car accidents in front of the house due to snow piles and lack of parking. I spent 15 hours steam cleaning the carpet before my parents returned. Lol ah yes, the good ol days.
I also recall the snowstorm of 1968 here in mid Michigan. We had ten foot snow drifts up to the roof. Never seen a similar snow storm as bad as that one was.
I lived in Youngstown at the time and certainly remember.
Jan. 26 is my oldest daughters birthday. She turned 1 year old in 78 at the start of the blizzard.
Everyone invited showed up (16 people or so including relatives that had to drive 45 mins. in that storm).
My neighbor and I did nothing but dig cars out for days.
It paralyzed the Midwest as well.
Blizzard of ‘79 in Chicago
Yeah it was “climate change” my ass
Used to just call it Winter
That,s not Fair, in the 1970’s we were in the grips of a Devastating Ice AGe brought on by the pollution from our cars and factories, see Time, Spock,ABC,NBC,CBS,...
I lived in Cambridge at the time.
People were cross country skiing down memorial drive in front of MIT
In short? Yes.
Was going to school on South Bend at the time. Snow started Wednesday, the Lake Michigan lake effect snow kept falling until Sunday. Great ives to be trapped with buddies.....dinking beer, playing cards, going out in the snow. Great fun.
I was near Toledo when it hit with 20’ drifts. No power and no water for like 3 days. Then 2 more days to dig out only other time I lost power for 3 days was Hurricane Irene (?) in RI. Sucks. Want to look at generator to run essentials, frig, gas furnace fans, and sump pump and a lamp or 2
My wife and I were in Aruba....we were stuck there an additional week as a result of the storm.....
The travel company picked up the entire cost.....
We had set our luggage outside our door that morning expecting to leave and went to breakfast.....
After breakfast, we went back to our room and the luggage was still there... Went to the lobby to find out what was happening and the local Arubians were running around very excited about a disaster in the US......The snow was a very foreign concept to them.....
Oh darn.......extra week in the Caribbean..... my wife and I went back to the beach...
New England also. I’m a “survivor.”
Yes.
We didn't have school for a solid week.
Walking home the couple of blocks from my friends house during the height of the storm, I became alarmed.
I truly could not see more than a few feet in front of me. No houses, or trees or stop signs or sidewalks, just white.
Occasionally, I would glimpse a landmark and was able to find my way but, I will never forget it.