With the 30th anniversary of this Great Blizzard at hand, it is worth taking a step back in time to re-live this monumental example of nature’s fury. In addition, the storm certainly casts many memories for those of us who were on duty and worked during the storm…while being in awe of the development and subsequent immense strength of this great monster. This storm is also of interest and remembrance to many longtime residents of the Great Lakes, the Upper Ohio Valley and Ontario, Canada who had to deal with winter’s full fury late in January of 1978. I included the links which refer back to other articles and maps and edited the maps so they would be larger for this post.Īs with the huge snowstorm of December 1974 another even more powerful (in terms of intensity/extent) storm is of strong interest to all meteorologists who have studied winter storms in the Great Lakes. Deedler, Weather Historian for the National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac, MI. Michigan doesn’t have the massive snow blowers like they have in Maine and Quebec to keep the roads clear… Below is the account from William R. I was impressed by the strength of the storm and how quickly life came to a stand still and how long it took to open the roads. I had experienced strong winter nor’easters which could drop feet rather than inches of snow in the upper highlands but Maine never shut down due to snow because the road system isn’t as extensive as here in Michigan and they have the equipment to deal with deep snow. I was 22 at the time and had moved from Maine four years earlier (1974). The blizzard of 1978 remain in the minds of many of us who were alive back then as the white monster which shut down the state of Michigan and the Ohio Valley.
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