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Posted by: Jane
I was newly wed and we had just set up housekeeping in Wheeling WV in 1976. The Blizzard occurred in Jan. '77, but - that whole winter was extreme. The Ohio River froze. Roofs collapsed. Pipes burst. Daily temps were frigid, & we couldn't heat houses adequately. Travel and shipping were disrupted for a long time followed by Big time river flooding in the spring. It's not fun. Nevertheless, I'm old enough to remember some serious winters in the 1960's, too. This stuff comes around every 10 years or so, anyway, so just get ready.
Posted by: BR in Bville OK, let's get this late 70's winter thing straight. I started 9th grade in 1976 at a Huntington school and remember the weather fairly well. I'm not sure what your "records" show but I remember it started in earnest AFTER the New Year, so it was really 1977; so if anything "LD", it was actually the blizzard of 1977. The thing about it (besides being out of school here in Cabell Co. for essentially an entire month) was the repetitive nature of the storms. Sure, we had an initial blast of many inches, but it seemed like it would snow every other - or third day, another 4"-6" or 8" inches. That was the kicker, it never really began to melt!! On our road there was a blanket of ice (from the cycle of snows, then salt treatments, that only compacted the stuff) of over a FOOT - I distinctly remember my Dad measuring a chuck we finallt broke off. As I mentioned - I doubt we got more than 3 to 5 days of school in the entire month of January. Of course, we also got several storms in Feb. Posted by: jay yes a agree with LD a blizzard would be awsome I have 3 grandchildren it would be great to be outside with them and be a kid again!!!! Posted by: Anonymous LORD don't let it rain!!! We have some games in Ashland at Central Park and we need the rain to STOP!!! LOL Posted by: LD I have heard so many stories about the 76 blizzard---I LOVE snow and winter, we are overdue a monumental snow in so. ohio--maybe this year I will finally get "the BIG one"!!! Fingers crossed;) |
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