[AT] Blizzard of '78

[Bruce Moden]

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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