It’s the “blizzard of ‘78”. Cars were stuck essentially in mid-trip wherever they happened to be, including the Route 128 belt.
MA illustrious gov, and eventual US illustrious ‘Rat candidate for pres, saw fit to close the State for business for a week, and having the National Guard dig out thousands of cars on 128.
That was a blizzard combined with a hurricane. Wind speed hit 110 mph in some places.