Blizzard of 78
 

Ironic that today is the anniversary of the blizzard of 78, as I’m halfway thru reading ten hours until dawn by michael tougas about rescue efforts along our coast during the storm.

Having been crewing on a delivery from FL to NY on a 52 foot sailboat and getting pounded by a tropical storm off Hatteras, i can’t imagine being out in that blizzard in those conditions. Driving rain in 60 degree weather is one thing, in that cold with zero vis just unimaginable.

Good book! I remember the storm but I was only an 8 year old kid then. My father worked as an operator for a construction company, he showed up home in a D7 bulldozer. Was clearing snow for days from Fall River to Brockton in the machine.

My younger brother and sister and I were snowed in for days in our home in Scituate, while our parents were away on vacation. Luckily we had a wood stove to get some heat and cook some meals on, but our neighborhood didn’t see a plow for probably five days. I got some insane pictures of the mess in downtown, houses on cars, boats all over downtown and my favorite, the no wake harbor entrance float on main street.

First winter in our new house. I was framing a house in Rotchester and decided to head home when snow started piling up on the lumber.Was a treacherous drive no visibility. No power for two weeks. Newlyweds and a woodstove It was tough

Oh I don’t know,,,, that doesn’t sound all that bad ….. ;-). :laugha:

And in Vermont we hardly noticed.
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54" of snow in Burrillville. 14 foot drifts. Never lost power and had plenty of food. Ran out of beer and wine but my neighbor, Richard Carter, had a snowmobile and went to the package store for the whole neighborhood.

9 years old. Moved from Maryland to Boston 3 months later - never experienced it.

It was great to everyone out and about walking everywhere, really brought town together.