The Blizzard of 1978

[@leolad.4701]

I lost my dog in the storm. He got out the night before in the rain and then the blizzard hit. We all thought he had to have died from the exposure to the snow or was hit by a car. Two weeks later I heard a banging on our door that sounded like the sound my dog would make when he would try to get in. Somehow he made it back home but he was in really bad shape. His fur was encased in snow and ice. I opened the door and couldn’t believe my eyes. He has survived! My prayers were answered. I wrapped him in a ton of blankets. By the third day he was home, he began to act himself. I was so happy he survived. I remember thanking God for saving his life.

[@bencushman4153]

A similar thing happened to my Grandpa's dog, Brute. Brute was a purebred boxer adopted in Germany and sent to live on the family farm. In his old age, he was almost completely blind but would find his way by smell. I guess the winds picked up and Brute couldn’t find his dog house. My Great-grandpa managed to track him down and brought him inside to thaw out.

[@tajahcortez7465]

U just made me cry so hard😢… I’m a dog mom !!! Omg girl…. I couldn’t imagine how grateful you were that he was protected….❤❤❤❤… that baby made it home … puppies 🐶 are such a blessing ❤❤❤l

[@cyninbend]

So happy to hear you got him back--that must have sucked--to not be able to just go look but have snow blanket everything. Losing a pet is so painful.

[@gloriamadaffari5404]

@@cyninbend Sadly the suffering of another type of animal was ignored in that storm, and that was the farm animals. They were out in the farmer’s pastures without any shelter and huddled together to keep from freezing. They were covered with clumps of ice and snow clinging to their fur. The drifts were too high to get to them. Some did not make it. My heart broke for them. When I was a child we had some cows and calves. They were so gentle and sweet and very affectionate.

[@Robin-ri5ci]

❤ I'm so Glad you had a Happy ending and your dog ended up getting back Home and Recovering from the storm ❤ Animals are so Resilient and Smart 🤓🤓🤓

[@gloriamadaffari5404]

I remember it well. My son was one month old. We lived in a rural area of Ohio. I was worried because I did not anticipate such a storm, it was unexpected. The rain was copious and the drain ditches were filled with running water. The cold blast came so fast that the water froze very fast. It was surreal. Then the snow piled high and no plows out clearing roads. I was nearly out of formula for my baby and very worried. My doorbell rang and there stood one of my farmer neighbors. He asked if we needed anything. I said formula but there is no way to get it. He said he would be back soon. I seriously doubted him, but sure enough he drove to the nearest city and came back with the baby formula! A true hero.

[@cyninbend]

What a cool guy! Brought tears to my eyes!

[@gloriamadaffari5404]

@ Thank you. Acts spontaneous acts of kindness warm our hearts forever. If I have lived my life well, perhaps I too will have helped someone as mightily as Charlie helped me those many years ago. I truly hope so.

[@AndyAnderson-b9u]

Angels amoung us.

[@ordinaryaverageguy]

Midwest farmers for the most part are salt of the earth.

[@hippiepeace8614]

I'm from Ohio to. Yes it was bad

[@richardcoram1562]

I remember the blizzard of 78. I WAS A 30 YEAR OLD TRUCKER. Hauling Produce from the west coast to Kroger, Big Bear , and Pic n Pay. I STRUGGLED TO get a load into Cleveland as all the Highway road signs and exit signs were literally covered with heavy snow. I remember that morning well as I was actually cutting the first tracks as no one else had been out there on the road.( SAM TANKSLEY DRIVER, PETERBILT COE '76 to '80)

[@karylhogan5758]

Respect🧐

[@msbutts24]

Hell yeah

[@Ramona-v5c5c]

Me too. In 1985 another blizzard hit the east Coast 102 inches of Snow. I stayed out in it for 30 hours before I could shut down. Fuel froze in the ground. In the fuel tank. Accidents I dodged all night.

[@ludovicleprinceroyal8721]

i live in Dallas, and I can still remember the 'Great Snow" of 2021. Snow was 3/4 inch in some places, it was horrifying. Many of us were "greatly inconvenienced' when temperatures plunged below 40 degrees, yet we were able to survive. Tough times make heroes. Still, we car on!

[@Libdiddy]

@@ludovicleprinceroyal87213/4 of an inch 😂

[@thebutterflyreportbyjeffie9220]

I was in it. We were dairy farmers in northern Indiana. We dumped our milk for about 3 weeks. We had 2 farms to take care of and a hundred plus cows. It was a nightmare. We missed almost a month of school. The only thing I can say: Thank GOD the power didn’t go out.

[@LizSans-x7l]

That sounds INTENSE

[@ryanwhite7969]

Wow I can't imagine.

[@michaelhaines3451]

I was in northern Indiana at the time too!

[@B.V.Luminous]

Interesting....

[@michaelscott4909]

It's amazing how despite bad conditions, having the power remain on makes things literally about 100 times more manageable. Electricity is something we frequently take for granted until it goes out when it's 100 degrees or -10.

[@frankpantsOU812]

I survived the blizzard of 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio. I was a senior in high school. The front door was frozen shut, and the side door was buried under an 8' snow drift. We had to crawl out the living room window so we could dig out the side door. School was shut down for a week. The Ohio National Guard was helping in any way they could. We dug out neighbors. We helped each other. It was one helluva storm.

[@Diesel3356]

I was a senior in college in Michigan. I had an environmental science exam that day and walked from my dorm to the classroom with snow up to my waist. The professor just gave me an A on the exam for weathering the environment!

[@al2275]

Were you the only student who showed up? What grade did the no show students get? Because YOU deserved that A.

[@Oldeagle66]

Also from Michigan. I came home on leave from the Army stationed in California. This was probably the best time in life.

[@shellywalker153]

I was 5 in SW Michigan. I remember my family taking in many stranded people in storms like this and having a great time!

[@Druseysduzies558]

I was in Harbor Springs/Petoskey MI area,working at Boyne Highlands ski resort. I lived a half mile away and could not make it home by mid afternoon. we were stranded along with everyone else! Great times for a teenager

[@lorraineb.4698]

@@al2275Professirs and teachers live when you show up. It counts

[@bexief31]

I remember this storm well. I was 10 years old. I remember hearing thunder snow for the first time. The drifts were above our windows and when we opened our front door it was a wall of snow. The cold was unrelenting. I remember I was able to walk on top of the snow because it had frozen. Winter of 1978 was one I will never forget and has set the benchmark for me regarding future storms. Nothing I have seen since compares to this blizzard.

[@DerangedLeftWingers]

same lol i remember that blizzard, we got hit in Rhode Island

[@cv507]

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[@brucevolk9729]

I was 11 and remember it all too well

[@jimAndCheryl]

I was 19 years old and living in East Toledo at the time and I had just started working at Food Town in Rossford Ohio .Now in Colorado GOD BLESS

[@Ramona-v5c5c]

@@bexief31 The strangest thing I saw out there in it . With snow landing all over 102 inch mountain of snow walked over the Hwy in front of me. Can not turn around. Impact it explodes total White out. Can't see if a car is in front of you. No reaction time.

[@user-dk9fd3sf2v]

I was born in 1978, and my parents used to tell me about this growing up. Ahhh memories, love you mom and dad

[@LisaSmith-je8pv]

I was born during the blizzard in 78. My Dad had to pull my mom on a sled to get to the hospital. Lol

[@user-dk9fd3sf2v]

@@LisaSmith-je8pv that's crazy, so you were technically out in the blizzard! That's awesome lol!

[@HonorableBeniah-A]

August 💪 1978

[@youtubesgay]

Same

[@LindaPrettyman-v9p]

I was born Jan 27th 1978 good year 2 be born 😂😂😂

[@kimberlyholmes1909]

I was 14 yrs old . My family of 7 all had to hunker down in one room of our house. It was the only room with a gas heater. We used oil lamps for light and camping stove for cooking. I learned a lot about survival during that blizzard

[@Benjamin-cm8qm]

@@kimberlyholmes1909 same here I can remember like it was yesterday

[@timalan7406]

I was 12 the day my dad came in our room at 0700 and told us that school had been canceled. We lived in an old farm house on the far West side of Columbus that shook in the high winds, which blasted the structure from a vast open aera to the Southwest. I could hear plaster falling in the uninsulated walls. Our otherwise leaky windows were sealed by ice and snow. We had no furnace; our home was heated by a coal stove located in the living room. My dad had to drive his small International Harvester pick up to the coal supply yard and help himself because there was no one there to pay, but he left an IOU note. In the afternoon we were allowed to go out and play in the snow and wind. I would hold my coat open against the wind and it would push me acrost the open parking lot next to our home. The wind created mountainous snow drifts. It was truly an incredible day to experience.

[@EvelynMartinez-q9y]

@@timalan7406 oh my gosh honey I’m glad you made it through GOD BLESS YOU

[@Blessoff17]

I was 18 mentor Ohio

[@markreeves2491]

Did you live near Lincoln Village ? That's where I lived at the time of this storm !

[@robert.m4676]

I too was 12 in 78. Great time to be a kid especially in the Midwest. Unfortunately we had just moved to New Yuck. I was so upset with my pops for moving from my childhood home that I wouldn’t talk to him for a couple days. But I moved right next door to my new best friends. Two brothers 11 and 12. That was cool!

[@timalan7406]

@@markreeves2491 yes

[@mattm597]

As a child of the 70s and a resident of northern Indiana, I remember it well. It was the first big weather event of my life.

[@heaven-is-real]

same here

[@Nasirah_Sahar]

Same here.

[@LancePepple]

Me to

[@Brunzy1970]

Born in 70, living in Bridgeport, Michigan. We had a motorhome,generators,snowmobiles,skis,skates and it was awesome! Mom made coffee cake by the ton and many neighbors stayed at our house. We made homemade icecream and pies of every flavor. The men got drunk, the women cooked, and the kids went bonkers!

[@mcasteel2112]

I was 11 in grand blanc mi

[@elliemay7569]

I was 17 in Saginaw Michigan☮️

[@DebbieBurns-y5e]

I was 12 in Frankenmuth Michigan

[@tammyallen8205]

I graduated from Bridgeport Spaulding High School in 1987. I loved living in Bridgeport. In my Senior year we had that Major Flood too in Bridgeport Michigan..Do you remember that too ? I will never ever forget that Natural Disaster either.

[@tammyallen8205]

Thank you for your story here.

[@oyes-qe4nd]

I was eight years of age, and lived in northwest, central ohio when this blizzard hit , and I will never forget this storm and the events that followed . Like others , i remember certain events,that still remain fresh in my mind ,due to the intensity,of the storm and the effects it had. The wind was fierce, and the snow was relentless, and the combination led to snowdrifts,one would have to witness to believe, i can remember a snow plow getting stuck on our street, and we were unable to open door , or even see out the windows. I can also remember we were running low on food, and finally, several days after the storm subsided, someone , gave my father a ride to the grocery store on a snowmobile to get the basic necessities. It was truly an amazing site to witness , and it paralyzed many communities.

[@nathanielfincher4394]

My uncle Steve used to always tell me about this blizzard. He lived in Navarre Ohio when it happened. Said he would walk to his neighbor's to get gas for the heater. I still live in the general and was born in 81. Never experienced anything like what has been said about the 78 blizzard.

[@thenightporter]

What was the weather forecast, just a few inches? Thank goodness nowadays we can all have NOAA weather radios or apps on our phones to warn us as the situation gets dangerous.

[@tuvoca825]

​@@thenightporter Even with that... a few years ago roads closed and stranded several towns for 3 months. Helicopter took out people in emegrencies but not everyone faired well. Some died. Some had huge medical bills. Crazy stuff.

[@thenightporter]

@@tuvoca825 I was 8 when this happened, Iived in a suburb of Minneapolis. I remember that Christmas, only a couple weeks before, was one of the coldest nights ever. I remember it was very windy.

[@JulianneRemley-l2q]

I remember that I was living in Indiana at the time.

[@robertwhite3752]

I was born in 1969 and grew up on a large working farm in Northwest Ohio. I will never forget the blizzard of ‘78. I remember President Carter declaring an emergency and calling in The National Guard. I was only nine years old at the time but I remember everything very vividly. I remember I had to pull out two kitchen chairs for me and my little sister so that we could be tall enough to look over the snow that had accumulated against the front and back door and all our windows. I remember seeing all the heavy duty military equipment on our road and how scared and upset my mother was throughout the entire ordeal. I can still see all the adults sitting at the kitchen table and planning things out.

[@sandyaw3057]

I was 21 years old and I will never forget this storm..I lived in Western Pennsylvania.

[@thomasmiller-xg9kj]

MY YOUNGEST SON WAS 1 YR OLD THEN . THE SNOW WAS COMING DOWN SO FAST LOL I STOOD HIM UP IN THE FRONT YD BY THE PORCH . LOL HE WAS COVERED UP TO HIS CHIN WITH THE SNOW STILL COMING. DOWN. LOL. BACK IN THE HOUSE TO GET WARM AND GRAB MY SHOVEL AND BLOWER ETC.....WOW. GETTING COLD AND SNOW COVERED ME QUICKLY. I HAD ENOUGH. LET IT. SNOW !!!!!! LET IT SNOW !!!!!!! LET IT SNOW !!!!!!! LOL

[@kathleenmatschner8117]

I was younger. Love snow to this day!!! I miss it

[@victoriacope4113]

I was in Dayton, Ohio, 9 months pregnant. My elderly landlord dug out my pinto in case I had to leave for hospital. Baby born the next weekend.

[@cynicole1860]

I lived in Somerset county in '78 and was three years old. I don't personally remember it, but my mom took plenty of pictures!! Let's not forget the blizzard of '93 too!!

[@marshataylor3703]

Live in Northwest PA about 60 miles southeast of Erie where I was attending college. Was home on semester break and was unable to get back to Erie as everything was shut down. It was 2 weeks before I returned. I worked at a local nursing home on summer break and any long break when I came home. They called me and said they would come get me if I could come in to work-only lived about 3 miles from nursing home. They came and got me and took me back home, on a snowmobile.

[@SarahCNR87]

17 years old living in northeast Ohio. I don’t think anyone that lived it will forget it.

[@RV-bn8xf]

I lived in Kettering Ohio when this storm hit

[@ulaper6465]

I was born that winter

[@ijfsfv7439]

I was 17 too. I was snowed in at a friends house and eventually walked a mile home a couple days later. Kentuckiana by the Ohio River.

[@victoriameklund7534]

I was 17 also....made a huge snowcave

[@Blessoff17]

Same here cool

[@edalexander6155]

I was 20 yrs old . Worked at kroger greatsouthern on route 23 nights as a floor man scrubbing the floors. Lights where out no heat . We where told we could not go home we had to stay we had no keys to lock the stores doors they where locked up in a office draw. I drove home that morning only about a mile in half home i wound up off the road in a ditch on parson ave going south. After it all had settled i built a snow man about eight foot tall in front of my parents house. I then carved out to look like king kong . It made the papers. I think it was a columbus news paper in the southend columbus called the lantern. I still have some photos of it. I remmber takeing one of my sisters barbie dolls and putting it in one of the arms of this SNOW KONG.

[@mickeyharper3914]

The Lantern is the OSU newspaper. I was a junior in college there during the blizzard. I was in a second floor apartment overlooking Summit Street. We were okay, but my family who lived on a farm 40 miles east of Columbus had it rough. Luckily they had a coal furnace for heat and a spring for water

[@edalexander6155]

@mickeyharper3914 yes that's right the lantern was a OSU news paper. I guess that was the south side messager that took the pictures . Of the snow Kong. I lived on campus as a kid . Lived on tuller st. North of frambes Ave. Just south of lane . I remember summit . I went to indianola Jr high off of summit. Or 4th can't remember in the 60s

[@ToniWilson-c4q]

It was no food in the house to eat , man , you talking about being on a diet back then , it was something i had to do , no food in sight 👀 made me cry 😢 , too much snow to fight my way through it , thank God i am alive today to remember , to all those that didn't make it through it , my 💔 aches for all those that lost they lives 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 , all the pain from this storm never went away , Rest Well To All Beautiful Gone Souls 😢😢😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔💔

[@Charlotte-c6f]

I remember the Blizzard of '78. My family was okay. We didn't have electricity but we had a gas stove and one of the few that had a furnace that didn't have an electric blower so we were able to keep warm and cook. My dad always purchased meat for the winter and our vegetables from his garden. We did have to put food in a cooler out on the patio. We did have to boil water to bathe. LOL. A few of our neighbors came to our house to cook for their family. My siblings and I even went out to play until my parents reminded us that many people didn't have heat and every time we opened the door we were wasting their money. We played so many games of Monopoly and Checkers by candlelight. Those were the times. It was brutal but we survived but unfortunately many didn't. 😢

[@earnesthillsdale9218]

I was eight years old, man we had fun digging snow fort’s with our neighbors And diving over snow banks… we were kids so it was fun …

[@trombone113]

I'm the same age. My mom wouldn't let my little brother out because the snow was so deep she thought he would disappear. 😅 But dad said he was sick of us kids driving him crazy, picked him up and threw him into the front yard. Yeah, he disappeared. After about 10 minutes he showed back up at the front door having pulled himself through the soft snow. Then he spent the rest of the day trying to get dad to throw him in the yard again. 😁

[@dwhitman3092]

​@@trombone113 😂

[@SeanP7195]

People forget, not only did we have extreme winters during those years, we had insanely hot summers as well. The weather was very intense growing up in Detroit in the 70s and 80s. I remember every winter, mountains of snow. I would wait for my friend to get to my house and we would continue to walk to school. He was 6 feet tall at 14 and I could only see the top of his head coming down the street. The sidewalks were tunnels basically. Then we boiled all summer long. Now, same area, I shovel some snow a couple times a year, no biggie. Summers are pretty mild also.

[@jenniferbarber126]

I was 4 years old during this storm and had JUST had my birthday. When the storm was over and all the piles of snow were everywhere and no streets were plowed...my dad took me up to our 2nd floor patio and he would throw me off into the backyard and snow...It's one of my favorite memories of playing with my dad. (but boy was mom p****ed)

[@8448sofia]

Me too I was 4yes old!

[@nancydavieau]

SECOND FLOOR !!!!!!!

[@monolithgeometry3221]

Happy 50th bday yall

[@noelellis144]

I was 9 when this happened. My brothers and I found it was a wonderful winter wonderland. I'm sure the adults didn't feel the same.

[@lorraineb.4698]

We had no school for about 3 weeks. It was great

[@DallasRichardson-m8u]

I was a young boy during those yearS. It was not just "the winter of '78". There were TWO bad winters: The winters off '77 and '78 (1976-1977 and 1977-1978). These were the two coldest and snowiest winters ever. I grew up in Indiana and the snow was up to the gutters on the house. We carved out what looked like rat mazes, where the sidewalks were. We played in it; but, we typically had at least two or three pair of socks on and we would put TWO sets of bread bags on each foot and the rubber boots had metal clasps on them. Same with the rest: layered clothes - pants, shirts, coats. Kids were different then. We were like street urchins - thin and full of energy. We just played in it but were dry and warm because of the layers of plastic and clothes. Times were so so different. Indiana never had day light saving time until a few years ago. In the winter, we walked to school, in the dark.....and thought nothing of it (no cell phones or GPS then).

[@mattskustomkreations]

YES! same same. Front porch snowed in up to the gutter. Most awesome snow forts ever after those 2 blizzards - they actually had roofs! Sidewalks were like trenches after getting dug out. South-Central Indiana.

[@PeggyMiesko-xd5dx]

Ohhh- we used bread bags!! Kids today would never. Thanks for the memories!

[@mattskustomkreations]

@@PeggyMiesko-xd5dx Yep, Mom would save bread bags. Slip them over your 2 pairs of socks and you were set! And I had those same slotted metal buckled galoshes. Depending how big they were you could fit your feet with tennis shoes on inside them! And hot cocoa when we got home!

[@francestomic2772]

A lot of people forget this

[@GeoffLongden-u6s]

I was a junior in HS in Morton Illinois in 78 our wrestling team got stranded at a regional tournament in Olympia HS many teams were there the state police came and guarded the cheerleaders in the home ec rooms a few hundred wrestlers slept on the mats in the gymnasium got home late the next day

[@twinkletee22]

I feel like people back then are more moral and decent and for the greater good just the sense I get like everyone looks out for everyone

[@JamesMaksem]

You are right - I was 7 years old living in Finlay, Ohio during that blizzard - I lived on a farm outside of town always - I remember it well because of it's severity - People do come together - It makes me a little apprehensive when I think of a much more wholesome America and what this country has now become - All the same - Save a smile and a hand up for your fellow humans - Especially the that are weaker - They might need your help 😮😊

[@twinkletee22]

@@JamesMaksem see I totally believe you

[@MichelWood-p9o]

Back then you could walk the streets, ride your bike anywhere. And not be afraid that you would get taken. everybody looked out for everybody. It was awesome! 78 was the most snow I'd ever seen. We had 4 feet on our porch and the driveway was about 6 feet

[@twinkletee22]

@ ya that’s what I felt watching this it’s like “has anyone checked on ms miller yet ya know she’s all alone right now “ I mean there wasn’t a real ms miller in the documentary lol but do u know what I mean I can’t picture that being a statement in today’s world

[@DianeJoy]

Me too.

[@ConradDwight-wm8yt]

Will never forget it ! My grandfather died and was buried on this day back in 78 My mom drove right through the blizzard from Connecticut to Massachusetts in the thick of it 😢 took her long time to get home !:(

[@junecoulthard8942]

💕

[@lorraineb.4698]

Roads in Providence RI became impassible very fast

[@fractalelf7760]

Every damn day in 77/78 I had to deliver papers in a small WV town… my God I can STILL remember the cold from those winters, I will never forget it.

[@Blueerer730]

I live in West Virginia

[@sherrydawson519]

I delivered Dayton Daily Newspapers near Wright Patterson AFB. The company bragged about getting the paper out during the blizzard. I was the 14 year old who delivered those papers door to door! 😊

[@fractalelf7760]

@@sherrydawson519 I truly feel your pain 🫡

[@fractalelf7760]

@@Blueerer730 I don’t live there now but I miss it. I think I’d retire there and go back but my wife won’t have it sadly,

[@Ray-b7l]

​@@sherrydawson519I delivered the columbus journal that morning. The tips were very good after that storm.

[@Lawnrocker]

I was a junior in high school. The night before was balmy and foggy. I went to bed around 11 pm. At about 4 am I woke up and our neighbors dog was howling. I woke up my mom and said something weird was about to happen. Suddenly, there was thunder and lightning and the wind started howling. The snow began falling and by 8 am we were unable to get out the back door of our house. We lived right behind the hospital in our community and they brought in a big earth moving g piece of equipment to keep the road open to the emergency room entrance. From that point on and for the next few days we could not leave our house. I remember we had a police scanner and listened to all of the emergency responders rescuing people from the rural areas and interstates on snowmobiles. It was definitely the storm of the century.

[@kathycarter4892]

I was 15 teen

[@victoriajones5274]

I remember this all to well my poor Daddy worked at the city of Cincinnati l remember him coming home for breaks and going back to clean the streets

[@davidmeek3104]

Absolutely great video especially since I can say I was there God bless you all and thank you very much for this video from Kentucky now

[@pamelaalexander8877]

I was 12 years old and remember it well. We had snow clear up to the roof of our house! We couldn’t open the front door. We would all shovel a little at a time out of our garage until we could get out. School was closed for a long time. I did build snow forts with my friends in the neighborhood. We survived the Blizzard of 78!

[@allan9603]

I was stationed at Ft Devens, Massachusetts during that blizzard, and remember we had to travel to Ft Drum, NY to help dig them out of the snow, unfreeze barracks doors, provide traffic control.. What a monumental job that was; 12-14 hour work days, sleeping outside in tents, though they were warm and comfy, pulling guard duty in snow up to our thighs... We were soldiers, and that's what soldiers do, in peace time anyway😊 I would do it again! Major

[@Coach_Zay]

I grew up in Ayer 🤙🏿

[@luv2luv720]

Thank you, Major! 🫡

[@karenfields-sb4cq]

Thank you for your service❤

[@allan9603]

@@karenfields-sb4cq You're quite welcome.

[@allan9603]

@@Coach_Zay I lived in Shirley.

[@c.rutherford]

I was 8 in the Winter of 78, and remember it well as a kid in Central Illinois. I would never have believed then it would be almost 50 years later now and still never repeated. Even though I can't tell you how many times grocery stores were swamped and raided here whenever a snowstorm was announced since, everyone remembering the ice storm. For all I knew then it would happen the next year, and every year. Crazy.

[@shawndyer8140]

The 70's had tons of snow great times for us kids.

[@robinkennedy3190]

Had just moved from Florida with my very young sons. Lived with my folks and worked with my 18 year old sister at a nursing home five miles away. We were out in the county. Workers picked us up on snowmobiles. One nurse and my sister and I ran a 150 patient home for 3 days.. Only 85 of the patients needed constant care. On the way home, in Dad's pick up on one lane, you could not see over the snow on either side. We had drifts over 12 feet. I will never forget it. I was 23. Northern Indiana a couple of miles from Notre Dame University.

[@julianmansell2379]

I was in that storm and it will remain with me all my life.✝️🙏

[@EvelynMartinez-q9y]

@@julianmansell2379 God Bless you

[@julianmansell2379]

@@EvelynMartinez-q9y God bless you too sister.✝️🙏

[@gregbarnes7946]

True

[@holtless]

2 feet of snow in approx. 4 hrs, about 5 feet in total with 60-75 mph winds. Drove home from work in it. We had snow drifts as tall as garage roofs. Took 3 and a half days to dig out with huge payloaders, snow plows and 8 wheel drive farm tractors. Totally unreal! I was 28 yrs old at the time,will never forget that week.

[@michaelhill7471]

I certainly realize this blizzard was more devastating in northwestern Ohio but, I will never forget my epic 8 mile journey home from my workplace in the height of this blizzard in Indianapolis, IN. I won’t go into my story here but, as I recall snow above big 4x4 vehicles but, not as high as power lines. What a memory. It took me 2 and 1/2 hours for that journey home to my wife and a steak and backed potato. She trusted me when I called her and asked her to look for me. I held this video in my “watch later” category for some time. I’m glad I got around to watching it.

[@VonnettHale]

It was around 11pm my husband and I lived in Huntsville Ohio in Logan county we worked at a small factory across the street from our apartment we left work and the wind and freezing rain hit just as we were opening our door and then the snow hit the next morning my husband shoveled his way across the street to a small restaurant it was packed with stranded motorist off st rt 117 he brought 3 people home with him a semi driver from West Virginia and a couple from another county they stayed 2 days until the roads were cleared a bit our car a Volkswagen was totally covered for a week 18:20

[@VonnettHale]

18:51

[@soph4941]

Remember it very well. Senior in HS. Haven't seen so much snow in my life. Hell of a storm. ☮️

[@KameronKren]

my mother was born in that blizzard new castle PA. Rest in peace momma!

[@thenightporter]

She passed already? 😔 God bless your momma and family. ❤

[@DanRyhal]

I was 28. Had to drive to the farm to feed 60 head of cattle in a barn. Car got stuck in 7 foot drift in Fredonia. Had to struggle to walk about a mile in that crap. Will never forget that experience.

[@jenniffer9034]

I survived this blizzard in Michigan I was 9 It was bad! Got up in the morning open the curtains and all we seen was snow over all the windows in the house! I watched my dad open the front door and it was a wall of snow! My dad was a county worker, a co worker came in the county snow plow truck to pick him up to go to work ! He was gone a week! Plowing roads all over the county! His check after that was fat as hell too 🤣🤣🤣 My dad had that job for more that 35 yrs until he retired in his late 60s

[@thenightporter]

Is the county still in debt from your dad's fat paycheck? 😆. Did he take pictures or have any interesting stories to tell?

[@newtexan1]

We couldn’t open our front door in Philadelphia! The snow drifts were massive!

[@jenniffer9034]

@@thenightporter the county is still running so no debt lol

[@californiahiker9616]

Respect for your dad and his coworkers!

[@toodjackson4438]

Fat check I work for a highway department in New York and we get paid peanuts

[@TroySausaman]

I was a 6th grader in Indiana at a very rural elementary school of about 80 kids per graduating class. We spent the night at school - which, as a 12 year old was great! Basketball, shenanigans etc. Then came the realization we got to sleep on the floor - no pillow, no blankets. State Highway Dept escorted busses the next day

[@omriherron9364]

Oh wow, very interesting story, the unimaginable with something can happen in this world..I would never imagine kids sleeping overnight at school..

[@WalterLitwinko]

My father died when that blizzard hit he was 44.Couldnt bury him to much snow at the cemetery.Over 125 people came to the funeral home during the blizzard.

[@davidreese2709]

My dad died also during the blizzard January 2nd 1978

[@luv2luv720]

Sounds like he was well loved!

[@lforand53]

My mother in law also passed. Like others the weather was so bad she couldn’t be buried at that time. There was family up from Florida and other warmer temperatures and didn’t think to bring heavier clothes. And of course everyone is staying with a relative. We were situated then on the coast of Massachusetts. The national guard had to take me to work, essential employees.

[@motowngirl5891]

That’s young, sorry for your loss

[@deborahthomas9362]

😮😢

[@TampaBayJay45]

Definitely remember the blizzard of ‘78. 13 years old living in rural Medina. One thing that stands out was we had horses and my father having to ride a horse in to get some supplies for us and our neighbors. We were fortunate that I don’t remember losing power or heat. We had an oil burning furnace and a fireplace.

[@deborahchesser7375]

The way we came together to help each other was beautiful even though the weather was deadly, I’ll never forget that storm it was the biggest I’ll probably ever see. We had neighbors from both sides at our house because Dad had the insight to own a generator and plenty of fuel thank goodness. We had to hold onto each other to help people’s across the road it was insane.

[@MikeCho]

I was just 4 yrs old , but my memory of it is still crazy ! So many buried cars . No power for days , snow piles so high it went up over garage roof from drift !

[@felixmadison5736]

I had just turned 29 years of age a few days before this hit in 1978, and I was living on Cape Cod. My late wife and I had three children, ages 5,6 and a 3 month-old baby girl. Boy, do I remember this storm!! Not with fond memories either! More snow than I had ever seen in my 29 years on the Cape!

[@dustismith8919]

Oh wow!!! To have small children to take care of during such a storm,would be truly scary... Glad to hear you and your family made it through.

[@felixmadison5736]

@@dustismith8919 Thank you. We were Cape Cod born and bred so we managed to get through the storm with no major, (or minor) problems.

[@janetoconnor3636]

Well we had about 25 inches of snow in Cincinnati Ohio and they finally got to push it up in mounds and it did not all melt until the spring and summer.

[@Dov_ben-Maccabee]

Lived on the Cape ( Otis AFB ) in the early 60's... been through a few Cape snowstorms.

[@662wc5]

It was two separate storms. This video is about the one that hit the Great Lakes region at the end of January then went up through NE Canada north of New England. The one that hit Massachusetts a week later (Feb 6 - 7) was a nor'easter that came across the southern US as a mostly rain system, then when over South Carolina turned NE up the east coast of the US, hit cold air, and changed over to snow in the classic nor'easter style. I was in the military then and through a stroke of good/bad luck got to experience both. I was on temporary assignment in Illinois for the January Great Lakes blizzard and was then at my permanent duty station in New Jersey for the February Nor'easter. Here's the storm you remember - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978

[@kevingamble8861]

I remember working at a grocery store during that blizzard. It was a madhouse. Drove home at 10:30 that night during whiteout conditions. Went six miles without stopping for signs or stoplights in fear of getting stuck. Made it ok but was homebound for 3 days.

[@fandoria09]

I just turned 7 years old 20 days before the storm hit. My 2 brothers were going to be 13 and 11 that spring / Summer. We were living down a lane on a farm. My parents were renting the farm house we'd lived in from 1977 until 1983. The village we lived on the outskirts of was the village of Glenford, Ohio. The only way in for help for the village was by helicopter. We were snowed in until May. The elementary school gymnasium roof was caved in, but the classrooms on either side weren't touched. Granted, they couldn't be accessed except from the outside of each individual classroom. We didn't have any school until that fall. Our mom home schooled us the best she could during the months we were snowd in. Thankfully we had plenty of wood and coal for heat. A generator ran by a tractor for power and a lot of frozen meat and home canned goods done by momma that summer / fall. Our landlord made sure his tractor had plenty of gas as the generator was hooked up out in the barn. He had a little "keepers" set up inside the barn where he could stay warm and keep his tractor from freezing up. He was even able to keep his farm animals warm and inside the basement of the barn where the stables were. Can't believe they survived.

[@Lovejoy77777]

I remember how surprisingly warm that it was in our barn where the animals were, especially with how cold that it was outside.

[@Godschild0928]

I was ten years old when this happened. We lived in Columbus Ohio. I will never forget being confined to our apartment. We weren't hit as hard as the people in this video but it was still very bad. No school, everything closed, no way of of coming or going etc. I will never forget.

[@michellecleek3997]

I also lived in Columbus, Ohio when the blizzard hit. I was 15. My Dad, sister, and I lived in a condo complex. After a few days, the main roads had been cleared, but no one would come and plow our complex. One of our neighbors had a 4x4 jeep. Several men - including my Dad - shoveled/carried that jeep out to the main road so that our neighbor could get to the store to get groceries for everyone. School was closed for almost 2 weeks! I'll never forget how crippling that blizzard was for thousands of people!!

[@bookie-2726]

Same here I was 10 years old. The snow was up to my Dads thighs when he went outside. I will never forget the Columbus, Ohio blizzard in 1978

[@SharonSatre-fg6sx]

I was 22 in Columbus. Pregnant 7 months. A Nurse. My husband got me to work in a jeep wrangler.

[@tedparkman3111]

I was 15 years old and remember this storm like it was yesterday. I lived in West Newton mass at the time. Very scary time!

[@reginaross916]

I was 11 years old, living in Bellefontaine, Ohio. They had to dig a tunnel through the snow so my mother could get into her work at Rockwell International. My father was a member of a React radio club and went out trying to assist stranded people. It was something else.😮😮

[@staceybossert1408]

I was 8 going to be 9 that May and I remember this blizzard, it was brutal. Kids today will NEVER know or understand what we all went through or what kind of winters we had.

[@janetoconnor3636]

I agree I lived through it too and to me it was worse back then to more recent storms we had since 2000.

[@davidletasi3322]

I survived hunkered down in our apartment while my wife rode with a volunteer snow mobile driver to her grocery store she opened so the locals could get milk and bread for their children. Fortunately, we had numerous snowmobile owners who volunteered to help us supply neighbors. We had numerous 20-foot snow drifts everywhere. When the wind was blowing, you could not see more than a few feet distance. It took a month after the storm to dig out and resume a normal pattern of life!

[@garyhollin9702]

Down in what they call SYDNEY BOTTOMS there's a Highway 39 the highway depot got threw the Snow Drifts they said some were over 40 ft. And he probably was telling the truth.

[@banana_in_a_tuxedo]

Can we respect that guy that went outside to chainsaw the tree off of that old lady's house though? Bad-ass move.

[@dakotahrolfe1915]

Lima pride

[@MsMarple]

I was 18 years old, living with my parents in Brighton, a part of Boston, Mass. What an epic event. We had 2+ feet of snow. Driving was banned in the city for a week! We lived atop a hill and had to walk everywhere, including my dad’s cleaning jobs. I remember that our feet were level with the tops of the cars! But, my family had a good time together, hunkered down, playing games, eating, etc. I love snow. ❄️😊

[@sandradee1579]

I was 14 yrs old in Framingham. New England got hammered! My Dad went to work in Westwood on 128 & got sent home. Next morning could barely open the front door snow fell that fast. Dukakis State of emergency but it was a great time!

[@tonimichaud1676]

I remember it well ,I was 19 years old , my baby girl was 1 years old , Lynne Marie she was still in diapers and we ran out , All the store were so low on supplies, anybody and everybody was going to the store getting whatever they needed. My daughter needed Pampers I remember trying to trudge through the snow with a carriage it was totally impossible the mounds of snow were so high I don't think I've ever seen them that high again. The people out with their shovels kids playing in the snow Banks neighbors helping neighbors It was probably the only time I seen humanity, it was an experience of a lifetime. I really enjoyed it

[@662wc5]

Not the same storm. This video is about the so-called "Great Lakes Blizzard" of late January '78, which affected southern WI, ILL, IN, OH, MI, and PA. It tracked into the Midwest from the SW US, turned to snow over the Great Lakes, and exited the US into Ontario, Canada. It did not affect New England. The storm you're referring to was the so-called Northeastern United States Blizzard of 1978, which occurred a little over a week later on Feb 6-7 and was unrelated to the January Great Lakes Blizzard. The February NE US storm was a classic nor'easter that came across the deep south US as a mostly rain event, turned NE over South Carolina, and moved up the US east coast. It hit cold air over the mid Atlantic states and dropped heavy snow from PA and NJ into New England. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978

[@steveforsythe9264]

I'm in Ontario Canada and I remember the blizzard of 77 shut everything down. It was crazy!

[@edwardclark9057]

Hello from Brantford,l rember the 77 storm well,was 15 at the time,little town of Waterford

[@nancyross5257]

It was in 78

[@steveforsythe9264]

You're correct it was 1977

[@steveforsythe9264]

@@nancyross5257 1977

[@smc2673]

I was 5 years old and cried my eyes out because my birthday party got canceled. To see this monster of a storm as an adult and hear these stories of courage and man helping their fellow man out warms my heart. My father was the regional manager for White Star trucking company at the time. It took him hours to get home and hours to get down the driveway. It’s a miracle he made it.

[@johnadams7963]

I remember the thunder snow. My brother and I had a blast. No power and no school. It was ok because our heat was 100% wood stove. We put all the food outside to stay cold.what a memory.

[@DevinAWhiting]

I remember the Blizzard. I was out of school for least a week I'm 54 years old born 1970

[@mangos2888]

You got your full name, age, and year of birth, all posted in a public comment for anyone to steal your identity....

[@joannarippon3910]

I too remember this storm. I remember the winter season as a whole. I learned to drive in this. Got my permit and had to wait over a month to take my drivers test due to the back to back storms. One things for sure; snow never bothered me after this.

[@RickyB-u4s]

Me too! Have never minded snow since, nothing can compare.

[@bryonkidder6199]

We missed 30 straight days of school here in Lexington, Kentucky in 1978 because of one snow storm. I can remember watching the "Don Ho Show" everyday on the four tv channels we had at the time...lol

[@felicerobinson5816]

I was 10 years old and living in Warren, Ohio and I remember the snow drifts were at least 10 feet high.

[@katnew4408]

Never forget the snow up to the top of bridges never seen anything like it again!! Thank goodness!

[@gregbolt4863]

I was 17 yrs old, and we had a farm. My brother and I spent about 3 hrs just trying to dig our way into the barn. We had moved all of our animals inside it to protect them all the night before.

[@thejoebeanbandandfriends-h5010]

I remember the Akron weather guy saying not to go out unless it's an emergency! Well, being a 17 y/o kid, I hopped in my 69 Camaro and went cruising around in the blizzard. A gust of wind whited out my sight in the middle of an intersection and I high sided the car on a snow drift in the middle of the intersection. Luckily I had a shovel in the back seat and was trying to dig my way out but that wind stung my skin in just a few minutes... I hopped back in and sat there with the heater blasting. Luckily a cop pickup truck came by. They yelled at me to get home, then towed me out. Lesson learned!!

[@Whisperwomaneq2]

I was 17 as well in Sandusky. And went out cruising with my girlfriend in her camaro! LOL We saw the snow coming down but had no idea what the weather reports were saying at the time. No one was out and we could not figure out why. We even went into some bars looking for everyone and they were empty to. After an hour or so we finally went home early. That was when we found out what was going on.

[@adopequeenatyrantkingaboss8057]

Aren't Camaros rear wheel drive? It's a wonder you got out of your driveway!

[@rgrif777]

What scared me about the blizzard wasn't the snow. It was the wind 70+ and it seemed to last the entire day. They asked me at work to go in and help repair their roof that had partially come off. I said no way. I wasn't in maintenance. I was a line worker. I wasn't getting up on a roof with 70+ winds.

[@torque3022]

I drove a 1977 light blue black vinyl top 351 2 barrel 2 door Ford LTD from NYC to LA during this coast-to-coast storm. Ford performed like a champ.

[@markmiles3738]

11 yrs. old in Lima, Ohio livin the dream 😁 out of school and snow forts and tunnels all through Schoonover Park ❤

[@Alan-lv9rw]

I was 15 and living in Connecticut. It was (by far) the biggest snow storm of my life.

[@MrPuppup4]

I was 13.

[@marybates5065]

I remember this storm. It was so bad. I was late in my pregnancy and due any time. I lived in a traitor. The snow was so heavy it kept shutting down the furnace vent. The brave fire men came over several times to light it for me. I am truly gratetul for their courage.

[@jasonwoodley3243]

Great job with the wind sound effects!

[@lucillelaurenzi4510]

I remembered at 22 I had worked in a nursing home as a nuresaide and they ask me to stay for the next shift I found out when I went back to work I would've had to stay at work for several days.But I said no I wanted to take the 1 bus home.Normally it would take 15 to 20 minutes,that day it took 2/1/2 hrs to get home.Praise God I had gotten home safely.I didn't go into work for several days.My roomate worked in a childrens home in house keeping across a street.She didn't go into work either.Remember we did'nt have a car or modern technologie equiment we have in the here in now,which if we would've had that there would've been more help for us in this snow storm.That was the worst storm I've ever had experienced.

[@cherylleewilson6625]

I was at home in South Bend, Indiana at 8 years old when the blizzard of 1978 hit in January. We pushed the button for our garage to open and it went up and up and up and it was all a wall of snow except the very top of about 4 inches where the light shown through. That wall of snow was scary. My dad had to crawl out a side window with a shovel so we could actually get out of the house and he had to shovel an entry and exit way at our back door. We had a fireplace and wood stove in the basement so we were warm when the power went out. Remember it well.

[@StacieJensen-qt1vv]

My parents met during this blizzard in South Bend! My Dad lived near my Mom on the west side and showed up on her doorstep asking for food after he ran out.

[@TW-SB]

I live in South Bend now. About half a mile from the airport.

[@fairymagic697]

I was 12 and loved every minute of it. Lived in PA north of Pittsburgh. We had 1 month off of school.

[@lynnegackstetter2779]

I remember that blizzard. My daughter was born in a break of that blizzard. We milked cow's. I lost a good friend in that blizzard We had to run a rope line from the house to the barn. Farmers opened their Corn cribs for the deer or we would have lost the entire deer population. When spring came there were dead cattle everywhere.I lived in Minnesota.

[@Tracy-Inches]

Thanks for sharing this! I truly appreciate it.

[@viylangager4020]

Watching this again. Oregon is getting hit tonight & this helps me to be grateful. My friend in Cleveland just messaged that they're expecting a blizzard this weekend. I hope folks everywhere can get to safety & warmth.

[@reneemcmichael921]

I was born in Wisconsin on that day. My parents were lucky to make it to the hospital!

[@karylhogan5758]

@@reneemcmichael921 😂bet your poor mother and father had some story’s to tell you about that day.!!!! Glad she made it to hospital 🧐🇮🇪👍🏻

[@virginiamonroe5360]

I was born December 31st of 77. My dad had to pay someone to go to the store and get me formula & diapers. I guess the guy had a truck & helped a lot of ppl out.

[@missfigs5255]

Birthday twins! I was born in Ontario Canada

[@colleenquinn7158]

I was 11, in '78. Snow drifts up to our back porch. Momma tried to walk to the store to stock up on food but it was too cold so she came back home. Everyone was trapped at home and school was out for 2 weeks.

[@meichelle2000]

I totally remember this storm! I was only 9yrs old at the time and my father was a police officer.. I remember that after the snow subsided that my mother and my dad went outside and made a police car out of snow in the front yard LOL!! I also remember going to my grandfather's farm who was snowed in as his drive was not quite a mile long away from the street.. It was amazing.. My brother and I made tunnels in the feet and feet of snow and it seemed like it was never ever going to end.. I also remember how the snow initially trapped us in the house and that my Mom and Dad had to dig us out and make way for the door to open... It was quite crazy

[@michellebilodeau3882]

I had an MG Midget parked on the street when that blizzard hit and it was completely buried. Here in northern Illinois it was literally illegal to drive on the streets for a couple days Until the plows could get out and clean it up.

[@motowngirl5891]

I had a 1976 Firebird my husband at a 1969 corvette both cars covered in snow Detroit mi

[@robertc8134]

I remember this. I was a sophomore in college in Rochester, NY. They shut down the entire city on a Monday, waiting for the blizzard. Nobody on the streets, no cars, no busses, no travel allowed. We never got an inch of snow! After all that preparation for disaster, nothing fell on the ground. We've been hit many times by other blizzards, but this one missed us completely.

[@fh1119]

In Jan '78, I was a few months into 8th grade in grade school in Philly PA and I remember the snow being up to my waist and walking around the streets, must've been about 13 going on 14. I also vaguely recall the '67 blizzard even though I was about 3-4 as the snow was so high with our three story rowhome we couldn't get out the door and my father broke out the back window to the yard to climb out and shovel snow away from the door; but yeah '78 was a doozy.

[@jenniferweber4834]

I HAD SO MUCH FUN!!! Grew up in Michigan. We had the tallest, walk-in snow forts, ever! I miss those days! Snow drifts went to the tops of small homes. We could literally walk over the rooves. The sheds were buried. I could touch the tops of the trees in our yard. It was so cold the snowflakes froze instantly on windows and you could use a magnifying glass to see the crystalline patterns. Good times.

[@karaDee2363]

I remember it well. I stayed over at my boyfriend's house and watched my 1970 Firebird get totally buried in the snow to the point that I couldn't see it anymore

[@jamesmann1243]

I was working for Cody equipment and supply, in the bad winters of 1976/78, and I remember well the Blizzard warning that was issued to our region in southern WVa. The day of the warning, we couldn't believe what we were hearing, it was one of those freak days that the temperature was close to 60 degrees, and bright blue sunny skies. Ahh certainly some weather idiot was off their rocker.One of my coworkers ( Earl) came out of the shop with a hard hat on, saying he thought the weather man said a " Buzzard" warning, so out of fun, the entire crew at Cody, in Beckley WVa ran and grabbed our hard hats looking up at the sky, waiting for the Buzzards that was planning to attack, we all had a great laugh, but about 2 hours later, the northwest winds picked up, and came roaring in about 60-75 mph, for over 2 hours., Then the rain, then heavy wet snow. This was about 3 pm. Our boss came out in the shop, and told us to go home, before the roads became impassible. We did. I think we got about 18 inches of snow overnight, and light flurries the next day. We dodged a massive bullet on that one, but the Great " Buzzard" warning if 1978 will be forever embedded in my mind.

[@Earthgal1964]

I loved that blizzard!! I was 14 and played in that snow for days!!!!!!!!

[@janetoconnor3636]

To each his own My mom broke her ankle in that weather and had to have a pin placed in her ankle so it was not fun for her it took her months to recover she had been carry wash to the local laundrymat and fell on some ice in the street and my dad had to carry her back home She always feared falling on the slippery porch years later The 24 inches lasted until the summer months I was 15 back than

[@Ramona-v5c5c]

@@Earthgal1964 I'm from Florida our snow man is a glass of water with a top hat nose. Eyes. Floating around. I was bored, the next Trucker that walked out the door at the Truck stop I threw snow balls at. He was cracking up. Ready to return fire. I need got to play like you. Or make a snow Angel but I drove into . I went into Vermont with a load of lumber. Found a big parking lot. Locked up. My brakes and practice sliding across unil I was comfortable with being on it. Slid passed exits in Mo. Back up and take the ramp

[@carpentrybybill7018]

Learned how to shovel snow and dad made it fun

[@dpdanciu]

I was working in a large NCR plant in Waterloo Ontario Canada. it was raining when I entered the building and I couldn't see outside til I got to my office. it was only a short walk but by the time I saw outside again it was a blizzard

[@garyhollin9702]

I was 19 when this hit and happened, and the next year, it got COLD NO BLIZZARD. As fast as a car would lay tire tire tracks, it would cover over with SNOW ! THE WIND WAS AT LEAST 60 MPH THUNDER, LIGHTNING. IT WAS AMAZING. DOWN IN LOW WATER BOTTOMS THE DRIFTING WAS 40 FEET HIGH. I WAS IN THE TAMPICO GROCERY STORE WHEN THE HIGHWAY CREW BROKE THREW THE DRIFTING. THEY STOPPED TO HAVE LUNCH.

[@djgaben6187]

What I love about the sound mixing of this documentary is that they keep the blazing/peircing sound of the winds constantly going in the background just to make you realize how drastic it was.

[@mangos2888]

😂😂😂 it's so windy in there

[@gfurstnsu]

I remember this blizzard like it was yesterday. At the time I was working as a senior research engineer at the Norton Company in Worcester. I remember that as the day went on the snow came down heavier and heavier. I left a little early because of this and drover to the Congregational church where we were having a rehearsal of the Worcester singing group. I had decided that I would skip dinner and go there directly. Even leaving early I just made it to the rehearsal. What I did not know was that the rehearsal was cancelled. At first no one was there but a little later the alto, Louise, that I had been admiring arrived. I was in heaven and I final had my chance to get her much better, as long as no one else showed up. No one showed up and I did get to know her much, much better. I mean we had the source to ourselves. We found that there were left overs in the kitchen refrigerator. There we sat down and had a great dinner together. She showed an interest me. Wow, could she flirt! Soon we were on the couch going at it. I mean we were alone in this building, with a romantic snow storm hitting the windows, and we had a great time. We found that there was a roll away bed in the ministers office and that is where we slept that first night. It was the most amazing 24 hours and it was 24 hours of loving, sleep, cuddling and eating until all the food in the refrigerator was gone. From there we walked to my place on Button street and spent the next three days playing husband and wife. I remember playing the guitar and winding into the night, taking a shower together, going beach to bed. I mean what else was there to do. To this day I wonder what happened to Louise H. We had intersected during the blizzard when we needed each other. I learned so much from her about the birds and bees that my parents had never taught me. We were in our own universe those few days until the snow plows dug out Button Street. Then we moved to her place and continued the same but I remember we did some cross country skiing on the empty roads too. We were young and so alive. This blizzard provided the perfect reason to meet and love and I never looked at her the same, never looked at a church the same and never thought of a blizzard the same either!

[@deannawitt9376]

I was 10 yrs old during this blizzard! We loved it. No school. I lived in Indiana.

[@robynsnest8668]

We got 55" here in Muskegon Michigan. That does not include drifting. US31 was covered ten feet deep with hundreds of cars buried. Was apocalyptic.

[@joshcope9485]

I have an aunt that went into labor during this blizzard. I wasn't born until the 80's but whenever we talk about a cold snap during winter in Ohio, my family always brings up this blizzard. My dad was in high school at the time and among six brothers and six sisters, somehow he was the only one able to get a car started. They managed to get to the hospital but to this day I've only had one winter where it was so cold that my car wouldn't start. So hard to even fathom how bad that blizzard of 78 was

[@Maryaliece]

I was a 17 year old senior in high school! It kept us out of school over a month, I was in KY!

[@jerry5181]

I was 15 yrs. old , lived in Hebron KY. close to the NORTHERN KY. /CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. I remember the Ohio river had froze. People were walking across it from KY. to OH. We and all the neighborhood kids all skated on it and we missed over a month of school. We were so happy until we had to make it up in the summer. Good memories, times were simpler then.

[@ranger053]

Thanks, good video, I worked on heavy equiptment , the winter of 77 into 78 was the worst I seen in my 23 yrs., we had to run 24 hrs. a day for weeks, below zero for many days in the mts., this was in the coal mining.

[@rpm3689]

It hit us here in New York as well! I'll never forget. I was ten years old.

[@dmsviolin]

I was a high school sophomore in Cleveland. I remember no school, freezing cold, and so much snow. It was amazing.

[@dmsviolin]

I also remember my grandpa getting the snowplow out and getting my older brother to help dig out folks in and around the building where he worked as a maintenance man. Grandpa my hero! ❤️

[@Cheryl-o4k]

When Cleveland calls off school it had to be bad

[@marlenewilliamson4005]

I was 16 first winter with driving license. Oswego county, northern Onondaga county NY. I was on way home from work at McDonalds and missed the road I lived on and was in ditch. Walked home , my Dad came out with me and his tractor to get me out. Thank God for my Dad. He was not mad, just said keep Trac of where the road is as we went to get my car, 4 to 5 foot of snow that night.

[@pjswalkabouts]

I was a sophomore in high school when this happened. We lived in a rural area of Ashland county. The roads were so bad that we were not able to go to school for 30 days. So many who had a snow mobile would deliver groceries and other supplies to those in need. I remember the night before the storm hit, my dad told me that we needed to go get some kerosene. We still had some at home, but he had a "feeling" that we needed to stock up. By the time we made the half hour drive to the fuel station, the snow has started. We ended up buying about 5 gallons of kerosene for our oil lamps and to soak wood chips in to use as a fire starter for the wood stove. Being rural, we grew our own food and so has a filled pantry. Our next door neighbor was an elderly woman that lived alone. Dad brought her to our house until it was safe for her to go back home.