[AT] Blizzard of '78

[David Bruce]

As I remember (given CRS that is very iffy) it was a Monday morning.

I also remember a storm here (NW NC) where we were without electricity 
for several days.  Members of the local volunteer fire department 
trucked a civil defense generator around to keep freezers cold.  My dad 
was a founding member of the local VFD.  I remember him and another VFD 
member making the rounds (not sure but I suspect it was mid '60's).

David
NW NC


On 1/29/2011 7:02 AM, john hall wrote:
> David, I would have only been in second grade but do remember a BIG storm
> that hit one Sunday. I thought it was on the Sunday the Daytona 500 was
> running, could have been another storm?
>   Between'77- '79 we also had a massive ice storm here in NC. I remember
> being without power for several days. The ice took down a huge cedar tree in
> the front yard (about 30" at its base). My grandmother was 90+ and  in poor
> health and we only had a fireplace and a portable generator big enough to
> pull an electric frying pan. Dad and my uncle saw the line crews working and
> went and explained the situation with my grandmother. We were moved up in
> priority once the main line was back up. I remember them coming to throw the
> rest of the tree that was still standing and then hooking the line back up.
> A week or 2 later dad and my uncle got out their 2-man Poulan saw and cut
> the tree up. Seems it was cut in short log lengths, don' know what became of
> the lumber. That was the last time that saw was run until I got bit by the
> old iron bug, now we have about 50 chainsaws.
>
> John Hall