[AT] Blizzard of '78

[john hall]

Steve, do you ever stop to think how lucky we are to know what the weather 
is going to be? I know I belly ache if we miss a rain shower that was 
predicted. Most of the time we at least have a clue of what might happen. 
The old folks such as your granddad just had to be prepared to deal with 
anything at anytime. Hard to imagine living that way now.  Sudden turns in 
the weather and no constant weather updates make it a whole lot easier to 
understand why so much old iron suffered freeze breaks in the water jackets 
before anti-freeze came into widespread use.

John Hall


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sewell, Steven" <sewell at ohio.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 2:41 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Blizzard of '78


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> I also remember dad talking about the blizzard of  1950. And of grandpa 
> about going to the Fairfield County fair in the early 1930's. That fair is 
> the last in Ohio, in October. He and the 'hired hand' left that warm 
> morning in short shirt sleeves. Retured that night with snow on the 
> ground. Never saw the ground again till April the next year!
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> -steve