“The Great Blizzard of 1978 was a historic winter storm that struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions of the United States as well as Southern Ontario in Canada from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978. It is often cited as one of the most severe blizzards in US history.”
I was living in Milwaukee ate the time and lived through it too.
I was at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, and remember it well.