Video vault: The blizzard of 1978

Video vault: The blizzard of 1978

[@Rick-or2kq]

I was working a 3- to 11 shift, I didn't make it home, I was lucky that had friends nearby and stayed there overnight.

[@m.e.d.7997]

A dramatic and serious weather event, but I miss the '70s.

[@richardturner3437]

I was 2 and a half turning 3 on February 21st

[@lowlightpiano7110]

Repent and put your trust in Jesus.
We've all sinned and deserve Hell.
Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected, defeating death and sin.
Since we broke the law, Jesus paid our fine. Since he paid it, we can be let go.
We must repent and trust in Jesus to be saved.
Revelation 21:8
Romans 3:23
John 3:16
Romans 6:23
1 Corinthians 15:3,4
Revalation 3:20
Romans 10:13❤😊❤❤

[@susanb2015]

We all miss the 70s.

[@ramencurry6672]

It was great but it’s better now since the quality of weed is far superior and easier to find

[@milfordcivic6755]

This is when the news started to sensationalize every single storm, big or insignificant. These days, everyone has 4wd, roads are plowed around the clock, yet everyone panics and wipes out the bread aisle at the suggestion of 6" of snow. People love to panic...it makes them feel important.

[@paulrock4816]

most cars back then were rear-wheel drive which is much harder to drive in snow & ice.

[@keithbrown8814]

Well said!...

[@artdecco8617]

LOL...so true. I grew up in Mentor, Ohio right on the lake..........as kids, we played in those storms..........

[@brookehanley3659]

People were stranded all over and at home without supplies of food in 1978

[@deborahsavitt1439]

WOW! I LIVED THROUGH THE BLIZZARD OF 1978, THIS TODAY is a walk in the park

[@jmw2832]

It wasn't so much the snowfall, but the wind. Some drifts were upwards of 3 feet.

[@CuriousMutation]

The Columbus Dispatch told the paperboys not to deliver, I finished my route anyway. The customers were surprised and happy to receive the newspaper. It was fun!

[@patrickhogan4358]

So did I! By the late afternoon I was trudging through thigh deep snow.

[@leonardhughes4521]

The cleveland plain dealer should have also cold service for the day instead all I got were some people batching about how their papers were wet.

[@johnpitzer5500]

I remember the winters of 77, and 78. The country road we lived on , was like driving in a tunnel because there wasn’t anywhere else to put the snow, and the mail, and paper was delivered into a hole in the snow, since we didn’t know where our rural mailbox was in the snow bank

[@leonardhughes4521]

I had a similar problem I was delivering the cleveland plain dealer through that mess and some neighbors called and complained that their papers were wet.

[@deniseroberts7481]

It looked like you were driving down a toboggan run 😬
It was quite a winter'in more ways than one' my husband and I got married in early March of 78 I remember riding in the back of my mom and dad's car on the way to the church to get married back roads all the way to the church snowing like hell however everybody showed up because at that point in time we were used to it !

[@lowlightpiano7110]

Repent and trust in Jesus. Hes the only way. We deserve Hell because weve sinned. Lied, lusted stolen, etc. But God sent his son to die on the cross and rise out of the grave. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus. Repent and put your trust in him.
John 3:16
Romans 3:23❤😊❤❤

[@Dr.StompYT]

​@@lowlightpiano7110 this i s about a blizzard, not God

[@wildcheetah68]

To this date I’m still waiting for my package🤣🤣🤣

[@leonardhughes4521]

I remember this well.i was out delivering papers with my mother I was only twelve when this took place.

[@videoluvr2]

Wow. I remember this blizzard for sure.

[@paulrock4816]

I don't think it would have matter or not, but most all cars were rear-wheel drive back then. Does not work so well in the winter.

[@ACitizenOfOurWorld]

works fine with snow tires.

[@artdecco8617]

@@ACitizenOfOurWorld YEP,,,,,,,we drove sometimes with chains.......No problems..

[@ramencurry6672]

I’ve driven American cars from the 70s. Overall not bad but definitely prefer modern Asian cars

[@Jake-ty4bs]

i was a senior in high school the night it hit. it was raining hard temp around 60.woke up to find snow every where.never seen anything like it before or since.hope not to again.snowed in in mansfield

[@m.e.d.7997]

I remember the winter of 72-73 we had hardly any snow at all. It is infrequent but it does happen. Winter 2011-2012 was the same here in southern NE.

[@brookehanley3659]

And now I have to say the same in southern New England for the Winter of 2022-2023. It was really very cold but we avoided a lot of snow. It was nice 😊!

[@ksmithkatcarving]

I was 25 yrs old two kids, it dumped on us in kendallville in, it we like in areas two feet high them just a mile away 8 feet high, at the time i lived in Bodenhafer addition Kendallville, I started digging out driveway then told community they said they could not get to us for a week so the whole addition just started to dig out, i quit digging and decied to make hot chocolate and Coffee was able to take it to all we dug two miles to the main road, it was in the newsun paper of kville, what made it so bad was the rain came first then it froze and then the snow, so when you tried to move it you could not because of the ice , rain ice snow ,it was bad, but what amazes me today is we get a little snow and people freak out , just look out the window and say oh a little snow again lol

[@marioncobaretti2280]

I lived through it at nantasket beach /hull mass I was 18 yrs old. To this day I have a huge collection of pictures newspapers and memorabilia. As far as I'm concerned, no storm has yet matched it. I witnessed at high tide at 10 :50 pm on Feb 6th with steady 88 mph winds gusts over 120 mph water pouring down the road from the beach. One moment a deep snowy road became 6ft deep saltwater and waves rolling by to meet the Bayside. Curfew stayed for 10 days and the military ran the town. Every February on the 6th I remember her. Started 10 am on the 6th , Wednesday morning the 8th at 9 am the clouds parted and the sun came out but was extremely windy for 2 more days. There was a mountain of snow at the high school that finally disappeared the week of 4th of July. It was a big attraction in the town

[@brookehanley3659]

A mountain of snow lasted that long?

[@johnjones9642]

I bought a toro snow blower 2 years ago & haven't used it yet.🤣

[@pattibrooks1907]

Milwaukee county had a big blizzard in 1978 !

[@richardturner3437]

I was 2 and a half turning 3 on February 21st it was a good thing I didn't know anything about it but I did stay home that day.

[@chippledon1]

I remember that. It was nasty!

[@old-style8642]

Legend has it that they're still stuck under that bridge walking around in the snow

[@scarlyttraekrupa1150]

Old-Style 86 lol

[@jimmiwoltz6416]

I was born in the middle of this. Wow I feel old lol

[@scarlyttraekrupa1150]

Jimmi Woltz so how old are you???

[@RWRogers]

I was born nearly 15 years after this event. And I feel old.
30 does that to someone.

[@capoonthe11thfret55]

I remember.

[@francineembrescia7887]

I lived in Mayfield hts,Ohio and about 11 am I drove down Cedar Road towards Cedar Center, my car died ,I called AAA ,there were 60 calls ahead of mine I waited all day, about 6pm AAA came towed me and car home. Frane

[@tristan2332]

I was probably conceived around this time was born late Aug 1978.

[@robinraymond62]

I was 17 then

[@normlor8109]

we seemed to have been so dumb back then for driving on Highways and roads clogging them up to clean for weeks and still never learn!!!

[@paulrock4816]

rear wheel drive

[@TakEAF7ickTv]

2002-2003 was the was close to this ⛄️

[@mexicanofr7762]

I probably would of died but experienceing that wind must be really fun

[@williamcrowe2576]

It was round about this time that I had been conceived in my mother's womb.

[@paulrock4816]

My daughter is a blizzard baby.

[@alittleofeverything4190]

Keep in mind that most of these shots are from real to real cameras

[@joeyank2451]

I Was There

[@sdot9327]

Here comes the remake

[@crlaw75]

Sucks for that driver at the :38 mark.

[@quackatitty7430]

I came from reddit....

[@Spring-TrapN42]

It’s pretty much gonna happen again this year

[@kennethwallace4338]

25: sounded like he said I don't know push the F&-king car.

[@apower912]

Hope we don't get another "snowball from Hades" this winter. 👿 🥶 🤧 👽

[@lowlightpiano7110]

Repent and trust in Jesus. we deserve Hell for our sins. For example lying, lusing, saying God's name as a cuss word and stealing our just some examples of sin which we can all admit to doing at least one of those. For our sin we deserve death and Hell, but there is a way out. Repent anf trust in Jesus and you will be saved. Repentence is turning from sin. So repent and trust in Jesus. He will save you from Hell, and instead give you eternal life in Heaven.
John 3:16
Romans 3:23❤😊❤

[@juniperdafox2371]

Oof

[@johnculp6206]

Ll

[@mattvanatti9531]

I was 2 months old...warm and in a diaper..didn't effect me much

[@pattibrooks1907]

Yes I recall the blizzard of 78 in Milwaukee county