[AT] Blizzard of '78

[David Bruce]

Actually not the Chem Dept.  Textile Chem is part of the now College of 
Textiles (was school of Textiles in those days) rather than Chem. 
Caused us students a lot of grief back in the day as the "real" Chem 
professors did everything they could to downgrade that "other 
department".  Jealousy in academic settings can also be brutal.

David
NW NC

On 1/29/2011 8:26 AM, Al Jones wrote:
> 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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