I have a feeling that '78 was small compared to the blizzard of '47. I remember
looking towards our kitchen window and seeing a small dog looking in. Thought
it was cute until I remembered that the kitchen window was at least eight feet
off of the ground. Hello, Snowdrift!
Dick J wrote:
> I remember that storm well. I was a police chief in Oklahoma at the time.
>The only thing we had moving on the streets was a national guard duece and a
>half and a road department grader. A lady had a baby in the cab of that
>grader because they couldn't get up the hill to the hospital. When the snows
>started to melt a few days later, a nearby town found several cars that had
>been buried out on a perimeter road. Their occupants had all perished.
> Dick J In East Texas
>
> Dan <dwarner@electrorent.com> wrote:February 6, New England was brought to a
>standstill in the
> infamous Blizzard Of ' 78, which actually saw tens of thousands of vehicles
> left stranded on I 95 throughout Connecticut and Rhode Island, and probably
> other states .
> ****************************
> Bruce,
>
> My wife, Joanie, was stuck in a bowling alley for two days during this storm.
> This was near Boston. She made the decision to go somewhere else after that
> ordeal. Came to CA for a training session in Sep. 78 and never left - except
> to visit. A lot of research into the current weather precedes each visit to
> her family.
>
> Dan Warner
>
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