Way back in 1978 in Massachusetts we had a snow storm that the news casters were calling for a dusting to 3 inches. It was a Monday and all businesses were open. Starting at about 10:00 AM the weather started to change and the new forcast was for about 6 inches. By then businesses were not too concerned but it was coming down at 2" per hr. Well one news caster said it was going to be the perfect storm and it was a mess. We got 40 inches in 24 hrs. People left work by 1:00 in the afternoon and were stranded on the Mass Pike and died. The govener declared a disaster and we were out of work for 1 week. It took many organizations to help in the effort to remove people and cars from the road.

The Blizzard of 1978 was not the most snow we ever got, it was the timing and forcasting that made it so bad.

BTW- Thanks for the pictures they were cool

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> I remember several decades ago, one snowstorm was so bad that all single 
> story homes were completely buried under by snow. A state of emergency 
> was declared, and anyone with snowmobiles were allowed to use them in 
> the city for rescue purposes. Highways were snowed in, cars and trucks 
> were no longer to be seen under the amount of snow. The plows were not 
> allowed on the highways for fear that they would hit automobiles (some 
> with people still in them). It took almost a week to make road just 
> passible. 
> 
> Denys, you should remember this, you were still living in Montreal. 
> 
> Olav. 
> 
> 
> Denys Beauchemin wrote: 
> 
> >Ou sont donc les neiges d'antan? They are here! 
> > 
> >Denys 
> > 
> >-----Original Message----- 
> >From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf 
> >Of Jerry Fochtman 
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:06 AM 
> >To: [log in to unmask] 
> >Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Lake Effect.... 
> > 
> >When I was growing-up in the Great Lakes about once a decade or so we'd 
> >have a doosy 
> >of a winter storm. Heck, I can remember going out on the ice on Lake 
> >Michigan and 
> >exploring the wind caves that would be carved in the large snow drifts that 
> >accumulated 
> >on the ice, as well as watching cars drive around them on their way driving 
> >out to 
> >St. James on Beaver Island, about 32 miles away across the ice (although 
> >it's probably 
> >been 30 years since Lake Michigan froze completely over...) 
> > 
> >Anyway for those who have never really experienced 'Lake Effect' before... 
> >:-) here's 
> >a site my brother from Oswego, NY sent me showing how it's affecting his 
> >area.... 
> >ah....the good ol' days.. :-) 
> > 
> >http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8adbcb60-ee6d-4c36-b85 
> >a-49a90d13fb86 
> > 
> >(Watch the wrap...) 
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