Inside, advice was offered: “A sense of humor is best snow defense. “Buses halted, Green closed, autos stalled,” read a third. 6-7 was the heaviest accumulation recorded since the snowstorm of Feb. It is often cited as one of the most severe blizzards in US history. The Rutgers meteorology department said the 16.6 inches of snow that fell in New Brunswick Feb. “900 students marooned in schools,” read the headline of another front-page story. The Great Blizzard of 1978 was a historic winter storm that struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions of the United States as well as Southern Ontario in Canada from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978. “10 dead, maybe more emergency declared,” the main headline stated. strangled by blizzard,” had made it to press, as recalled in a 40th-anniversary article of the news coverage. 7, 1978 printed only a few thousand copies, and many were delivered by snowmobile - but the Storm Edition, bannered with the headline “R.I. READ MORE: New Hampshire residents remember what it was like on the Seacoast Rhode Island came to a complete standstill 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. Winter Weather Definitions: A nor'easter or a bomb cyclone? Here's what all those weather terms mean Snow wasn't the only hazard during the storm, evidenced by these swamped cars on Surf Road in Scituate, Mass.Ī Dover Point, New Hampshire, man shares the story of the Can Do, a 47-food pilot boat that was damaged in Gloucester Harbor as it tried to assist a 44-foot Coast Guard vessel that had run aground going out on a Mayday call for the tanker Global Hope that was anchored in Salem Sound and taking on water.
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