Late to the party, but I had to comment. I lived in Chicago in '79 on the Near North Side and was a six year old student at the Latin School at that time. We still have pictures of the snow piled five feet high in our yard! You can imagine the scope of such an event for a six year old. Unbelievable.
That's one of the reasons I have loved the blizzards in NYC - they bring back those early childhood memories (I left Chicago at 13). This one is doing the trick. :)
Did you finish 8th grade,before you moved away?
FREEPmail incoming. :-)