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Blizzard Of 1978

Friday, February 8, 2013

Remember This? Check Out These Videos from the Blizzard of ‘78

With another historic blizzard hitting Massachusetts, let's take a look back at the Blizzard of '78.

The Blizzard of ’78 has to be the most photographed and videoed winter storm in New England history. Images of stranded cars, battered coastlines and children playing in giant snowdrifts are all vivid memories of that historic storm. As New Englanders, we commemorated the 35th anniversary of the storm earlier this week – and now Mother Nature is celebrating herself with what could be one of the biggest snowstorms in history. As we hunker down for this storm, let’s take a look back at the Blizzard of ’78. Here are some fun videos from TV and radio broadcasts before, during and after the storm, as well as home movies on YouTube…  Let’s start off with the TV news weather reports Here’s a radio broadcast from WBZ An old WEEI broadcast during …

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Blizzard of ’78: Where Were You 35 Years Ago Today?

Three and a half decades ago Watertown was blanketed with more than two feet of snow.

On Feb. 6, 1978, the Boston area was blanketed with a record 27 inches of snow, with the added bonus of hurricane force winds. The storm began the morning of Feb. 6 and lasted through the following evening. It was a storm that was never really predicted to be so large, and yet from it one good thing came – we learned about emergency preparedness. The snow came down so quickly (at a rate of an inch an hour) thousands of motorists were stranded in snowdrifts as they drove down Rte. 128. Roads throughout the state were impassible and cars were abandoned at every turn. The storm not only caused chaos, it also took more than a dozen lives, including Daniel Scadding, who died in his car in Watertown, according to blizzardof78.org. For those of …

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