Cars, like this one on Mechanic Street, were stuck in huge drifts during the Blizzard of 1978. Please try another search. We lost power during the storm.

I had gotten my brother to go check my bottled gas tank to make sure I had plenty of gas for heat. Tim McCaffery leads the way for his dogsled, with sons Brian and Sean tucked in tightly. The clouds in the distance were black as coal and it looked like a wall coming at us. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Nice stats! A mile and half walk. The region was already reeling after storms in January 1978 that left nearly two feet of snow in some areas of New England,[8] and had caused the collapse of the roof of the Hartford Civic Center.[9]. That’s some warmth! So much snow, with no place to go. The Michigan State Police pronounced Traverse City, Michigan "unofficially closed" and warned area residents to stay home. [2], Late on Tuesday, January 24, 1978, surface maps revealed a moisture-laden Gulf Low developing over the southern United States, while a separate and unrelated low-pressure system was present over the Upper Midwest. These vehicles failed to make the South Street exit off of U.S. 127 South during the Blizzard of 1978. oh the stories he could tell. The precipitation changed to rain on Cape Cod, reducing the total snowfall, but snow continued in the west. The massive storm began as two small but distinct storms. — On the night of Feb. 6, 1978, more than a few afternoon commuters were still stuck in their cars in Providence in the midst of the strongest blizzard to hit the Northeast in 150 years. Air was very heavy and still out. Well you told everyone to get prepared 3 months ago in October.

https://www.instantweathermaps.com/GFS-php/conussfc.php?run=2020012718&time=PER&var=ASNOWI&hour=384, Ohhh boy here we go warm weather fanatic Craziness will begin…Great map Rocky!! Governor Otis R. (Doc) Bowen declared a snow emergency for the entire state the morning of the 26th. In about 24 hours, the merger of the subtropical jet stream (containing a wind max of 130 knots) and the polar jet stream (containing a wind max of 110 knots) led the low-pressure system to undergo explosive cyclogenesis as it moved rapidly northward during the evening of January 25 (record low pressures were logged across parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic).

According to Grand Rapids Press archives, by the morning of Jan. 26, 1978, Grand Rapids police cruisers were ordered off the roads unless necessary, and ambulances got stuck in snow drifts while trying to reach people in need of emergency help. The local University were I attended was shut down for about 2 weeks also -- which is unheard of. I was 22 when the great blizzard if 78 moved through the Ohio Valley into the Great Lakes. It took me 20 minutes to make it 2 blocks and my ex was pretty mad. The mean temperature is now at 31.1° if that were to hold this would become the 6th warmest January of record. ( it snowed 47 inches over night) I yelled for everybody to come look and they too were puzzled and in awe. 1978 was a bizarre year for weather. Our house faced west and that is were the wind was coming from, right across the empty corn fields. Headline Criteria In January of 1978, a blizzard tore across the Ohio Valley and Great Lake regions. [citation needed], In Indiana on day two, just a half hour after the front blasted through, the Indianapolis International Airport was closed due to whiteout conditions. Some 11,666 college-hockey fans in Boston Garden, then the site of the 26th edition of the annual "Beanpot" college ice hockey tournament, held at the time of the blizzard's outbreak, found weather much different from what they had expected. Skywarn [7] While a typical nor'easter brings steady snow for six to twelve hours, the Blizzard of '78 brought heavy snow for an unprecedented full 33 hours as it was blocked from heading into the North Atlantic by a strong Canadian high pressure area. Our Office At the same time, another low pressure system in association with a disturbance embedded with the sub tropical jet stream across the southern United States was taking shape over eastern Texas. He did it again! The Lodge is next. Tornado Climatology, Local Information At the same time, another low pressure system in association with a disturbance embedded with the sub tropical jet stream across the southern United States was taking shape over eastern Texas.

I looked out the window and could not even see the dog house, it was buried, along with my car under the snow. A storm fierce enough to take 51 or more lives in the Ohio area alone. We only had one neighbor but they had a fire place. COOP NWS After the plows finally dug out a one lane path on the main road, it looked like and felt like you were driving through a tunnel. Many were hospitalized for exposure, mostly from homes that lost power and heat. [23] The parking lot of Fenway Park was used for the National Guard to stage its efforts. We would also find out who needed what from the grocery store and walk with sleds in tow down to Benner's market at the corner of 30th & Mishawaka Avenue. This was quite a strenuous and dangerous undertaking to say the least. So, I got the sled out, and rounded up some other guys. The third lowest non-tropical atmospheric pressure ever recorded in the mainland United States occurred as the storm passed over Mount Clemens, Michigan, where the barometer fell to 956.0 mb (28.23 inHg) on January 26. Just going back and forth between the houses was treacherous. Slim, A great day to get the sled out and hit Richmond hill down hill sledding at its best in Grand rapids Michigan weeee… Catch me if you can have a sledding of a Monday …INDY. A firefighter inspects damage done when piled up snow collapsed a part of the roof at the former Joshua Doore warehouse, 640 44th St. SW in Grand Rapids and broke open a water pipe on Jan. 26, 1978. One of the most powerful winter storms on record paralyzed the central and eastern United States in late January 1978.

Southeast Michigan saw lower snowfall amounts because it had rain instead of snow for some of the storm window. WSR-88D At the same time, snow began breaking out across Illinois, Indiana and Michigan with a mix of rain and snow changing to all rain over northwest Ohio due to warm air surging northward ahead of the rapidly intensifing storm.