[AT] Blizzard of '78

[Charlie V]

That is the one I remember, Bruce, and It made it East to Rochester
within one hour of hitting Buffalo. One moment a clear day, the next
moment a solid wall of white with snowflakes about the size of lemons
at the start. Then the wind.  We do not hear as much about the East
end of Lake Ontario snow belt (generally from Fulton / Oswego to
Watertown), but those folks also know what snow and cold are all
about.  This last Monday when we saw a Minus 12, a town up on the
seaway near Massena posted a minus 44 according to the National news.

Charlie V.

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Bruce Moden <brucemoden at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Gene,
> In WNY it was the blizzard of '77 when the winds blew the snow off of lake Erie into the Buffalo, NY area, in the last week of January.  The snow was drifted higher than traffic signals, look up photos in Life Magazine of Feb. 1977, unbelievable for a blizzard where little snow fell from the clouds, all secondary snow from the lake surface, high winds & sub-zero temps.  All forms ot tractors, highlifts, even bulldozers were used, snow was loaded on coal cars & sent south until it melted.
> Bruce
>
> --- On Wed, 1/26/11, Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
> Subject: [AT] Blizzard of '78
> To: "ATIS" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 11:00 PM
>
>
>     Just wonder how many of you remember the Great Blizzard of "78 during
> this week in 1978? 40 inches of snow, 100 MPH winds and temperature of -17
> degrees. Wind chill was
> -80 degrees.  Barometer reading of 28.28 in. At the time the lowest ever
> recorded in the USA. 51 people died. Snow drifts 18 to 20 feet. Took more
> than a week to dig out. Snowmobiles and National Guard snow tractors were
> only vehicles moving. End loaders and bulldozers were used to clear the
> roads.
>
>     To make it tractor related, the township commandeered me with my Case
> 700 and a back blade they had to help clear some of the streets in the
> village of Broadway where I lived at the time. Pushed snow for 3 days.
> Fortunately I had a heat houser on the tractor, but was still cold.
>
>     The program on Bowling Green PBS station last week and again tonight
> brought back all the memories. It was a rough time for everybody, but sure
> brought the community together. Local restaurand and bar fired up their wood
> stove and had a perpetual soup pot on the whole time for anyone who needed a
> meal. Everyone brought what they had to put in the pot.
>
> Gene
>
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