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trof

(54,256 posts) Mon Jan 26, 2015, 07:57 PM Jan 2015

The blizzard of '78.

We moved to southern New Hampshire from Alabama in June of 1977.
In February of 1978 we found out what we'd bought into.
It was a hurricane with snow.
Over two feet of snow.

We lived in the boonies.
Our unpaved driveway was 250 feet long.
The guy who plowed it couldn't get out of his garage.

That was the only time I had to call TWA and tell crew schedule that I couldn't be in New York for my flight because of weather.

"Don't worry about it. We're shut down. Nothing's moving. Call us when you get plowed out."

I enjoyed a nice couple of days with my family in front of the fireplace.

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The blizzard of '78. (Original Post) trof Jan 2015 OP

And then you moved back to Alabama! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2015 #1

Bet your bippy. trof Jan 2015 #7

I lived in NYC during that blizzard meow2u3 Jan 2015 #2

I couldn't stay home- LiberalElite Jan 2015 #8

Did you have to slog in deep snow? meow2u3 Jan 2015 #9

It was probably all plowed and shoveled. LiberalElite Jan 2015 #10

I quickly found out why sizzler skirts weren't the best thing to wear in NY. In_The_Wind Jan 2015 #3

Sizzler skirts? trof Jan 2015 #6

Here's a discription: In_The_Wind Jan 2015 #11

Thank you. trof Jan 2015 #16

Nothing like seeing a 747 tug skidding toward your Downwinder Jan 2015 #4

I was born that month. bigwillq Jan 2015 #5

if your mom was living in the snow zone that season she was probably thrilled you orleans Jan 2015 #13

We live in CT bigwillq Jan 2015 #14

i remember hearing the story of orleans Jan 2015 #15

the 69 blizzard was unreal olddots Jan 2015 #12

I lived in north central Mass magical thyme Jan 2015 #17

... cwydro Jan 2015 #19

IIRC, that was the first time my hometown college cancelled classes for weather in over 100 years. bluedigger Jan 2015 #18

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,632 posts)

1. And then you moved back to Alabama!

Reply to trof (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 08:00 PM

Jan 2015

Glad you enjoyed being snowed in, my dear trof!

trof

(54,256 posts)

7. Bet your bippy.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 09:04 PM

Jan 2015

68 degrees here today.

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)

2. I lived in NYC during that blizzard

Reply to trof (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 08:06 PM

Jan 2015

I woke up that Monday morning to find my front yard in knee-deep snow. The schools were closed and even my dad stayed home from work because the roads were practically impassable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978

BTW, my dogs were the only ones who really had fun playing in the snow.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

8. I couldn't stay home-

Reply to meow2u3 (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 09:07 PM

Jan 2015

my job was only one block away.

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)

9. Did you have to slog in deep snow?

Reply to LiberalElite (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 09:11 PM

Jan 2015

Or did they do a good job of plowing and shoveling?

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

10. It was probably all plowed and shoveled.

Reply to meow2u3 (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 09:14 PM

Jan 2015

I don't recall a problem getting there. I vowed, however, never to live that close to a job again! LOL

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. I quickly found out why sizzler skirts weren't the best thing to wear in NY.

Reply to trof (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 08:13 PM

Jan 2015

Your first winter in New Hampshire sounds lovely.

trof

(54,256 posts)

6. Sizzler skirts?

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 09:03 PM

Jan 2015

Never heard of that.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

11. Here's a discription:

Reply to trof (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 09:39 PM

Jan 2015

Very short dress with matching panties. The dress was suppose to just short enough that you could see the bottom of the panties. http://www.inthe70s.com/clothes/sizzler0.shtml

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=567291

trof

(54,256 posts)

16. Thank you.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 10:39 AM

Jan 2015

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

4. Nothing like seeing a 747 tug skidding toward your

Reply to trof (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 08:51 PM

Jan 2015

nose gear with all four wheels turning in the opposite direction.

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

5. I was born that month.

Reply to trof (Original post)

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 08:55 PM

Jan 2015

The end of Feb 1978.

orleans

(34,057 posts)

13. if your mom was living in the snow zone that season she was probably thrilled you

Reply to bigwillq (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 01:35 AM

Jan 2015

decided to hold out for the blizzard to be over & the streets plowed!

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

14. We live in CT

Reply to orleans (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 01:57 AM

Jan 2015

Right in the snow zone. We barely held out. I have a twin. We were born about 6 weeks early.

orleans

(34,057 posts)

15. i remember hearing the story of

Reply to bigwillq (Reply #14)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 02:15 AM

Jan 2015

how my grandma decided to make her daughter (my mom) one, nice, last special dinner before i was born. the dinner looked delicious and smelled delicious (according to my mother's reports) and i decided, just as she sat down to eat, that it would be a good time to join the party!

my mom & dad were forced to skip this great dinner (i think it was a roast) and go to the hospital. i wonder if nana ever ate some of it. probably. but my guess is that she was too preoccupied to enjoy it much.

olddots

(10,237 posts)

12. the 69 blizzard was unreal

Reply to trof (Original post)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 12:29 AM

Jan 2015

Pipes froze ,roofs caved in ..it was brutal .

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

17. I lived in north central Mass

Reply to trof (Original post)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 10:43 AM

Jan 2015

I was in clinical depression and hadn't left my apartment for days. I rarely got out of bed, and hadn't turned the teevee on, so I didn't know it was coming. I was planning to go food shopping the day it hit. My pantry was near empty.

I lived on cream of wheat made with powdered milk for a week. At one point, I walked a mile+ to the grocery store, only to find that it was closed. It took 5 days of shoveling to *find* my car, and another 2 days to free it. I was running out of cream of wheat when the grocery re-opened.

Never forgot that. I go into every winter with a full, full pantry. Filling it makes me feel really good and safe and content. So does hunkering down at home on a day like this, lol!

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

19. ...

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #17)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 01:30 PM

Jan 2015

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)

18. IIRC, that was the first time my hometown college cancelled classes for weather in over 100 years.