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The Blizzard of 78 was indeed "A Happening". I was living in Worcester at the time and they manage snow well there. One of the worst I can remember was a big one around 69 in Cumberland where we had a lot of snow and it was soaking wet. I bet if it hadn't been wet snow there would have been more than in 78. The big think about the one in the late 60's was it turned bitter cold near the end of the storm and everything froze up rock solid. Plows were breaking down everywhere as they hit ice wall. I think it was 3 days before a big earth moving machine (payloader with tires taller than me) finally cleared our street. The pile at the end of our driveway had to be 12 feet tall , no lie.
Those two storms 69 and 78 are the ones I think of when I think of a Big Blizzard.
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