[AT] Blizzard of '78

[Al Jones]

That sounds just like the dept. of chemistry at NC State! (!@(%* Saturday exams!) I think the only department there whose faculty as a whole has the same, maybe even less real world common sense is the department of statistics....

I don't remember snow here in '78 but the big snow on March 1, 1980 was the first big one I remember.

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: David Bruce <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
>Sent: Jan 29, 2011 6:33 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] Blizzard of '78
>
>Don't know if it was the same storm but -
>I was an undergrad at NC State that year, living in a dorm.
>As I recall we had about 12 inches of snow early one morning and I 
>considered sleeping in rather than making my 7:50 AM Textile Chemistry 
>class.
>In the end I tromped to the TC building where my prof was already there 
>waiting.  He had walked from the Crabtree Valley area to campus (those 
>that know Raleigh know that is a long hike).
>
>David
>NW NC
>
>On 1/26/2011 11:00 PM, Gene Dotson wrote:
>>      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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