I still have the newspapers from the ‘78 storm - when it hit my small town it basically cut off all communication with the outside world for a few days. EVERYONE was helping everyone else in digging out and making sure people were ok. Getting snow off roofs - there was one partial collapse... The papers had articles about truckers (I think 2 or 3 I’ll have to recheck) parking under the overpasses, getting drifted in and suffocating. As with any major weather event I’m sure that some places were hit much different then others.
Interesting the thing about meterologists - I imagine they love the science so much they still want to be involved or view it.
I wish I had kept newspapers from the 1980 storms. That 21 inches overnight was the most I ever experienced in Missouri. Had several like that when I lived in S. Dakota.