[NewHampshireDuo]

So, New England freepers, can you remember what you were doing on this date 25 years ago (fortunately, I was in California at the time and missed all the excitement).

[NewHampshireDuo]

Urrent = Current (sorry for the mispelling)

[billorites]

I was living in Fairfield, Maine and working in Lewiston.

I didn't really notice the storm paid it no mind.

Meanwhile, my parents on Cape Cod were in a fight for their lives (almost).

[Living Free in NH]

I was a 15 year old kid living in Massachusetts at the time and I remember walking 1.5 miles to a store for some basic necessities (milk, cereal, smokes for Mom, ...). It had been 2 or 3 days since it stopped snowing and none of the roads had been plowed yet; not that it mattered because it was illegal to drive in the state for about a week anyway. No school for almost 3 weeks - it was Heaven on Earth.

[Revelation 911]

The snow was high enough to jump from the first story roof onto the driveway - I was sixteen......and yes, a few screws short of a lit lightbulb. When the plows normally did our street, they'd pile it all in front of our home, creating a huge pile. - On that we'd build a fort and dig tunnels.

I miss those days - But at this point they are just memories - I am frankly sick of this weather and being trapped indoors for 4 months. But it makes us a hardy bunch i guess - It was 30 the other day, and we were all walking around without coats

[Living Free in NH]

Another memory... My Dad was a firefighter and worked 5 straight days. I remember that they found a car on Route 1 with a couple old ladies in it who had assumed room temperature (a very cold room).

[Chad Fairbanks]

I like reading these stories of all the Flatlanders who couldn't handle a little snow... ;0)

[eno_]

missed all the excitement I was there. It snowed as much in Boston as it routinely does in Buffalo.

[harpseal]

Twenty five years ago today I was working in Boston and living in Boston. I left work with just a dusting of snow on the ground and got home via the green line an hour later. The next couple of days when I wanted to get out I took skis becuase it was illegal to drive.

[Media Insurgent]

As a relative newcomer to Mass., I've noticed that every time there's a big snowstorm, or even the possibility of a big snowstorm, the local TV stations start invoking the Blizzard of 78. There's the obligatory footage of the Mass Pike being closed and people shoveling copious amounts of snow.

I always have to chuckle at this because I'm orignally from the Syracuse, NY area where snowstorms and massive snowfalls are routine. Now if you really want to talk about a memorable winter storm, do a little research on the Blizzard of '66 that hit Central New York in January of that year. Now THAT was a blizzard!

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I was 9 years old, so I don't remember much except there was a sh*tload of snow, we were out of school for about a week, and there was nothing else to do but have fun. I was living in Andover at the time, and I still can't believe my Old Man was able to make it back from his job in Waltham. There were commuters on 128 who literally had to be dug out of their automobiles.

[BluH2o]

Lived in Weston, CT (Fairfield County) during the winter storm of '78. Governor Grasso closed the state down for 3 days in order to let state & municipalities dig out. With time on their hands many New Englanders found something to do ... there was a mini baby boom exactly nine months later! :)

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I was 6 years old, but I remember it fairly well. I just happen to have scanned these old Polaroid photos taken shortly after the storm moved away. This was in Colchester, Connecticut. My poor mother, in the right photo above, had to climb out the window because snow drifts blocked the front door from opening.