Survivors of the Blizzard of ’78 Mock the ‘Arctic Vortex’

PJ Media ^ | January 7, 2014 | Paula Bolya

[DManA]

Every generation has a storm to remember.

[defconw]

I was in 8th grade. We lived in Fairview Park. They let the bigger kids out at noon and we all walked home. They kept the little kids at school. I remember later in the day walking toward the elementary school to collect my sister. We only had one car in those days and dad was not any where near home yet. Mom was home with my baby brother.

I found my sister about half way home and we made it home safe. She was in 4th grade. My dad made it home only to be activated. (National Guard). I remember getting stuck in the driveway on Saturday because my mom insisted that I go to catechism class. LOL

[nascarnation]

The blizzard of 78 WAS a big deal.

The snowstorm of 14 (aka Polar Vortex Storm Ion) ISN’T a big deal but is reported as one.

[henkster]

We had both in Cental Indiana this weekend; 12 inches of snow then 2 days of -40 wind chill. But in 78, it went on with waves of snow for weeks and covered the whole midwest and much of the northeast.

[reed13k]

Haha I was 11 during 78 in the boondocks of indiana and we enjoyed making tunnels in the snow that my 6’1” dad could stand up straight in. I drove an hour to work both ways yesterday and today (no lie) in Ohio and was disappointed by the callins made at work - expected sterner stuff.

[kaehurowing]

Yeah, I don’t remember the Blizzard of ‘78 as being particularly cold, just a lot of snow. And the window of my dorm room froze shut and I couldn’t get it open again until Spring.

[Theoria]

In 77' the Chesapeake Bay froze over again. There were large icebergs on the Chester River, not too far from DC. snicker.

Ice happens, back when weatherman Thomas Jefferson was recording various weather measurements the winter of 1779-1780 was really brutal.

[P.O.E.]

I used to like to drive down the old back country roads with my lights off (back then there was zero traffic) Just to admire the beauty of the snow-covered fields.

[ansel12]

We are all fighting this cold the best we can.

Today it only reached 72 here, and while I used the whole house fan to try and replace the cold that had accumulated through the night, is is still only 68 in the house, and with temperatures outside predicted to reach down to 47, well... I don’t have to tell you brother.....it’s tough all over man.

[defconw]

It is pretty. So long as the idiots and wimps stay off the roads. :)

[mass55th]

I remember the blizzard of 1966 in the Northeast. I lived in Rochester, NY at the time. There was so much snow that the roads were closed. We didn’t have a car, and relied on the bus to get to work, but they weren’t running either. In order to clear the streets, they had to bring in payloaders to load the snow onto dump trucks and take it away.

[cripplecreek]

Blizzard of 78

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezBZd4OQOXg

[Mears]

The blizzard of ‘78 was awesome for us because we were all home and didn’t lose electricity.

Some weren’t as lucky.

Most snow I’ve ever seen and I’ve been around a long time.

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[defconw]

They still use that method in Minnesota.

[originalbuckeye]

The Feb 1978, blizzard in New England was one for the record books. I visited a couple of weeks after and there were still mountains of snow, 15 feet high, on the Common in Boston. We have become a nation of wimps. But it is what people vote for because they have been indoctrinated by the Big wimps to believe they need to be dependent. Pray for our once great country.

[defconw]

We lived outside of Cleveland, but I had a grand uncle in NW Ohio. He had photos of drifts all the way up into the hay loft.

[anoldafvet]

I survived the blizzard in Buffalo which began on jan 28, 1977. 15 below zero, 100 mile an hour winds and 24 inches of snow on top of the 42 already on the ground. Worked 5 miles from home, took 3 days to get there, Wimps here in Louisville closed the schools with a half inch of snow and 2 below zero.

[P.O.E.]

Here's a picture of the Great Beds Lighthouse (off Perth Amboy - Raritan Bay)

1918

“The year 1918 began with two enterprising gentlemen playing a golf game on the frozen waters of Raritan Bay. By Jan. 6, the intense cold had made the ice so thick that thousands were out on the bay, and at least four automobiles drove around the lighthouse and back to Amboy.”

[kaehurowing]

That’s Pennsylvania, isn’t it? Heck, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are like that even in clear weather.

No, that’s Route 138 near Route 128, near Boston. Both had hundreds of cars which were stranded and abandoned because the roads were blocked. As I mentioned in another posting, my girlfriend’s brother lost his car in the snow on Route 128. Think he was near Dedham.

[Boogieman]

“The snowstorm of 14 (aka Polar Vortex Storm Ion) ISN’T a big deal but is reported as one.”

Tell me about it. My relatives who moved to Arizona years ago keep calling me to check up on me to see if I’m okay. I’m keep telling them: we had a few feet of snow, and it’s cold, no different than any other winter in Chicago.