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Survivors of the Blizzard of ’78 Mock the ‘Arctic Vortex’
PJ Media ^ | January 7, 2014 | Paula Bolya

Posted on 01/07/2014 5:58:17 PM PST by Hojczyk

mockery by nearly every Ohioan over the age of forty began on Facebook:

Well I see all the public schools in my area have already WIMPED OUT and cancelled school for the next two days because of . . . snow and ice and cold temperatures. Heavens. I guess the poor little dumplings can’t take it. Is everyone going to cancel work too because it’s so cold?

I can’t believe they cancelled already when the temps are still ok and not one flake has fallen. Hello Wussy USA!!!

My wife rode the bus from the time she and her sisters were in elementary school. If there were one or two foot snow drifts. . .if they could get the buses out of the barns. . .they went to school. Parents can walk or drive their kids. We are turning our kids into wimps nowadays.

I delivered newspapers when in snowstorms many times. I think the real problem is that parents want their kids to be protected every minute from the time they leave home. They probably have a greater chance of getting shot in school than getting frostbite but that is another issue.

I’m only 20. But even I know things have happened a lot worse than what we have now. It’s sad to see that we’ve come so far just to be so annoyingly weak.

NOAA reported:

blizzard caused the most complete disruption of transportation ever known to Ohio. Maj. Gen. James C. Clem of the Ohio National Guard reported the immobilization of Ohio was comparable to the results of a statewide nuclear attack. Prolonged blizzard conditions created enormous snowdrifts that stopped highway and rail transportation and isolated thousands of person. Air travel was stopped for two to three days by low visibility and deep snowdrifts on runways.

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KEYWORDS: arcticvortex; climatechange; globalcooling; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; glowbullwarming; hoax
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To: defconw

Virginia.


61 posted on 01/07/2014 6:51:27 PM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: defconw

they name storms because nobody remembers random weather events unless they have a name attached.


62 posted on 01/07/2014 6:52:54 PM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: DManA
"The 1991 Halloween blizzard. Went into work. Literally had to dig a tunnel through the snow to get to the door."

That's the one. We got 38 inches of snow in 36 hours from that storm. I'm a lifelong Minnesotan and that was the only storm of my lifetime where I had to rake my roof three separate times without the snow ever stopping.

63 posted on 01/07/2014 6:52:54 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: henkster

I remember the blizzard of 78. We didn’t get it so bad as Ohio or Chicago. But there were still whole neighborhoods in my town that were cut off by snow for 2 days.. There were snow drifts all the way to the tops of roofs. Then the bitter cold that followed -30 F. The high was -19 F. We got 2 days off from school but people still went to work.


64 posted on 01/07/2014 6:56:54 PM PST by virgil
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To: Dr. Sivana

Yes i could feel the grease start to slow up this morning on my 2.6 mile bike to work. It was 6.1 degrees with a 10 to 15 knot headwind. joints got a little stiff as well. The headwind for a good bit of the trip slowed me down a bit. another mile or two and i might have slowed to zero. The breaks start to chatter as well so i kept the speed under 10 knots.


65 posted on 01/07/2014 6:56:56 PM PST by kvanbrunt2 (i don't believe any court in this country is operating lawfully anyway)
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To: Hojczyk

Bump!


66 posted on 01/07/2014 6:58:58 PM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: newnhdad

I suppose no one in Virginia really does have the right gear for these types of events.


67 posted on 01/07/2014 6:59:12 PM PST by defconw (Cibco's my spouse)
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To: virgil

I remember 78 we had to quit shoveling because there was no where to put it. The garage was drifted over. There was still piles of snow in mid June that year.


68 posted on 01/07/2014 7:01:51 PM PST by defconw (Cibco's my spouse)
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To: newnhdad

Seems like every time the snow falls they want to name it. It has a name, it’s called WINTER.


69 posted on 01/07/2014 7:02:55 PM PST by defconw (Cibco's my spouse)
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To: Chgogal

I remember the blizzard of 67 too. I remember because of the thunder and lightning. I was a little kid and it scared me.


70 posted on 01/07/2014 7:03:48 PM PST by virgil
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To: kaehurowing

I knew someone who had to abandon his car on 128. They were able to walk to a house where they and 27 other people camped out in the living room. ( 2bed, 1.5 bath house). They stayed there 2 days, the food ran out and they walked 13 miles to get home. They never got their car back in one piece.


71 posted on 01/07/2014 7:06:02 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: ansel12

I was just reminiscing with Mrs. Liberty about the storm of 78. She didn’t recall it, because she was living in SoCal at the time. I was holed up in a basement of my Fraternity house in Kalamazoo, MI with 20 or so brothers. I was lucky enough to have laid in fresh provisions. It was the most awesome three-five days...

It was Rush season that time of the Semester, and the storm rolled in as an unexceptional party was breaking up one Wednesday night. The Sorority sisters were leaving and giant flakes were coming down. While the National Weather Service was predicting a foot of snow (that’s a lot for there), a private outfit said 33 inches. We had 36 in the end. The University was closed Thursday and Friday, so our party continued on until Sunday night.

We blew the whole Social budget on kegs from the still-open liquor store (Carted on toboggans) and had to pass the hat again afterwards. I had two part-time jobs at radio stations, and I skied to get there. There were places on the freeway where the snow drifted 25 feet high.

Since then, I grew some sense and moved to AZ. Ain’t nobody got time fo dat. :^)


72 posted on 01/07/2014 7:06:10 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: defconw
When to the Forestry School at Syracuse, NY..in the 60’s had 58 inches of snow..forecast was for 6 to 10 inches...
73 posted on 01/07/2014 7:06:12 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

I should have gone into weather forecasting, you never get fired for being wrong.


74 posted on 01/07/2014 7:08:00 PM PST by defconw (Cibco's my spouse)
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To: defconw

Yep. We had snow piles until May where I was.


75 posted on 01/07/2014 7:08:53 PM PST by virgil
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To: Hojczyk

We also had a bad storm in 1977.
I don’t remember if it was 77 or 78 when the ENTIRE continental USA had cloud cover for the entire month.

Bad year in 1960. Lots of snow the entire month. Intense cold in 1962. Broke up the roads from New Mexico to Arkansas.

Then there was the March 14, 1968 storm.

Thinking back, 1957 was really bad.


76 posted on 01/07/2014 7:12:05 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Cyber Liberty

That is one good thing about snow. It’s cold and you don’t have to worry about the beer getting warm.


77 posted on 01/07/2014 7:12:32 PM PST by defconw (Cibco's my spouse)
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To: ClearCase_guy

1978, isn’t that when they had real cars made of real heavy duty metal?
Nowadays the cars are made of lightweight plastic.


78 posted on 01/07/2014 7:12:36 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Hojczyk

Most of the people posting the comments on PJ Media are full of crap.

You can’t ‘walk’ to the store in 10-foot drifts. Snow trapped people in their homes here in Indianapolis in 78. You need serious cold-weather clothing to be outside in that type of weather for any length of time. If you get stuck in your car, you are seriously screwed.

I don’t know how much snow Ohio got this time but we got over 12” of snow with 4’ drifts on Sunday and the temperature was -11F with -40F windchills the next day. There is no way children can be out in that weather.


79 posted on 01/07/2014 7:12:51 PM PST by Azeem (There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
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To: Hojczyk

I remember that two days very well. I was nine months pregnant with my fourth child and spent those days with fairly regular contractions. The daughter who would become a nurse was three and a half at the time, not much good yet. Fortunately daughter number four waited a few weeks until the roads were clear.


80 posted on 01/07/2014 7:13:17 PM PST by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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