February 6 -- 29 Years Ago Today

Hello,

It's another freezing cold winter day in Boston, but the sunshine and blue sky bear little resemblance to what was happening 29 years ago in the Boston area. On February 6, 1978, what started out as a normal somewhat cloudy, snowy day turned into the Great Blizzard of '78 (1978). I have seen on Amazon and Barnes&Noble that a book about the event has been published. In the afternoon of that memorable day, the snow started coming down, at some points, at the rate 0f 4 inches per hour. It took many people hours to get home from work and others were stranded wherever they were for the next week. The snow came down so fast that some people abandoned their cars on Route 128 because the snow was coming so fast that it was impossible to drive in. What a mess after the storm. It snowed continually for two days leaving over 50 inches of snow in some locations and some snow drifts as high as 15 feet. If you were here during the Blizzard of '78, you probably feel that no storm that we have had since that time compares with that blizzard. After the storm, many people were left without power, there was a ban on driving in some towns to allow for the clean up crews to do their work, and some people went out to cross-country ski in the streets of Boston. Fortunately, weather prediction technology has improved, so we would probably receive more warning prior to such an event now, even in the unpredictable weather scene of New England.