"Blizzard" in Perspective

[Saltheart]

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.

[Mr. Sandman]

I lost power for about 6 hours here and decided to go out to dinner in the peak of the storm. They had power in OB so I went down and had a few beers and some Mex food. I went back to get my truck which was parked in an open spot facing the open water (NE) and the wind was ripping, as I was walking to the car a gust came thru and stopped me in my tracks and I had to get down on one knee at one point...honest it was >70mph head on, the howl was awesome, I could not open my eyes...it let up a little and I made my way to the truck. But I was really struggling to get the door open. The wind was blowin out here man! It changed to rain latter in the night and our accumulation was 7 or 8" of soggy wet slush. The next day the roads were fine.

I wonder if any scallop boats were out there off Nantucket?...you always read about those guys how fish thru these things.