Blizzard of 78 was nothing compared to the BLIZZARD of 77 that hit Buffalo NY. It took 2 weeks to get the City reopened. Now that was a BLIZZARD!!!!!
Yep, I remember the '77 Blizzard. It was definitely worse than '78 or '93. At noon at work in Newark, NY we were told a blizzard had hit Rochester and was heading our way at 50 mph. We were told to leave at once, unless we lived more than 15 min. away. I had to stay. The power and heat went off as soon as the blizzard hit. There was zero visibility.
Around 6 p.m. there was slight visibility. A co-worker who lived 1/2 mi. from work took me home with her. After we got in her car there was zero visibility again. It took us nearly an hour to get to her house. To contact my husband, I had to walk to her next door neighbor's to use the phone. Again, I lost visibility part way there. I can see how people can freeze to death in their own front yards. That night the house shook, and somehow it snowed through the walls.
Ever since, when I hear the word "Blizzard," I respect it completely. And Buffalo got it way worse than we did. Many deaths of people trapped inside cars, weren't there?