A little historical perspective: The Great Blizzard of 1978

[Squidward]

I've heard 25 foot drifts are just bitchin' to snow board down fora whole second and a half.

 

Isnt that what all ohio skiing and snowboarding is though?

[Alex L.]

Do a backflip.

[Nickey4271647545519]

good story Doc, quite an enjoyable read. Thanks

[Crossle]

Excellent read, love to hear the stories from past experiences. Really neat or sure. Thanks for posting this!

[kirks5oh]

good read. i was one year old--my dad tells stories of being stuck on the freeway for 8 hours

[nurkvinny]

My Dad plowed his way through about 15 miles of county roads to open his service station the next morning so that emergency vehicles could fuel up and wait on assignments. They spent the whole day pulling in random ambulances and fire trucks into this garage to thaw out to head back out. He stayed open something like 72 hours straight to help out.

 

I was 1 year old playing carelessly at home.

[zeitgeist57]

http://memegenerator.net/Instances/616/Epic-Beard-Man-IM-OLD-MAN-WINTER-IM-NOT-DONE-WITH-YOU-YET.jpg

[Radio Flyer1647545514]

Good read. I hate snow and really am hoping this doesn't show up. Snow in June does not sound fun at all.

[Kurt B.]

I remmber this storm, no school for a month, and snow drifts covered the front door. I never want to see something like that again.

[oldman09FZ6]

Back then I was in snowmobiling and we were helping rescue and emergency by checking in on people and shuttling people,on sleds tied to the snowmobiles,to hospitals.In snowmobile clothing and helmets,the cold and wind wasn't bothering us,our problem was fueling up.

[clone]

My son was born on Jan 25 1978 and I did not see him again until Jan 29th because the snow. We never lost power but the roads were closed in Muskingum County for 3-4 days. My ex ended up helping the nurses in the maternity ward because they were so short staffed. I remember snow from drifts still on the ground into late May early June.

[Snowflake]

Great story!!! I was living in Buffalo during the blizzard of 77. The snow drifts were as high as our second story apartment. Edited February 18, 2010 by Snowflake

[ImUrOBGYN]

Great story, Doc. I've lived through tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes and a forest fire. I'm still hoping for my first real blizzard. Perhaps, not of that magnitude, however.

[Wonderboy]

You tell the best stories doc.

[sol740]

Awesome post. Nice to know that people existed before I was born.

[99ta]

Excellent post Doc.

 

 

 

Off-topic: Where in IL?

 

Fulton, IL. right across the river from Clinton, Iowa.

[Orion]

Well, bully for you. :gtfo:

 

This made me smile.

[SRTurbo04]

your so old doc but really good story thanks for sharing. that is crazy

[craig71188]

My wife's father was diagnosed with cancer just before the storm. She and her sister lived in Columbus, family in Sandusky. They wanted to get home to see him asap - travelled up Rt. 4 (in Doc's pics) when it was just one lane and walls of show on both sides.

 

In town it was bad, but nothing like the rural areas. The houses seemed to funnel a lot of the wind so some streets in town weren't all that bad, then you would come upon where all that snow collected into a large drift.

 

Oh, and right around this time - the climate scientists were fretting over "global cooling" and Time was doing stories all through the 70's on the planets "cooling". This just sent them into a bogger frenzy for a while longer!

 

Thanks Doc - great write up!!!

[Sam1647545489]

I just fapped to this post in hope that we get another one of these types of storms. I love when the city shuts down and watching everyone freak out.

[6 Speed S4]

good story Doc! enjoyed reading it.

[Clifford Automotive]

Good Read Doc! Great use of Smileys.