Throwback: Blizzard of 1978

Because of the impending nor'easter, I thought that I would give you a throwback from February 6, 1978. The Blizzard of 1978 hit the Northeast hard. This low pressure system moved up the coast coupling with an Arctic cold front, which is kind of the situation we got going on now, but I don't think that the cold air will work it's way in for some of the Mid-Atlantic states. Anyway, the public did not heed the National Weather Services warnings because they had been wrong many times in the past. When this storm didn't start when the meteorologist said it would people thought that they were wrong again, and started to go about their daily business. This made for a nightmare when the storm began to rear its ugly head towards the middle of the afternoon. People became stranded in their cars and at their businesses. This picture below if from Milton, Massachusetts.

Snow Totals:
Boston--- 27.1"
Rhode Island--- 27.6"
Atlantic City--- 20.1"
Wind Gust in Boston were recorded at 83mph.


Photo From:
thehistorytavern.blogspot.com