To be clear, there were two "Blizzards of '78" in 1978.One will be recalled by Easterners, as it targeted much of the Northeast duringearly February 1978.
However, many in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region will recall the greatBlizzard of '78 as a storm that brought immobilizing, windswept snow during thelast week of January.
This forecaster had a "front row seat" from home near Dayton, Ohio, which hadrecord-high snowfall during the winter of 1977-1978.
The storm began along the central Gulf Coast, then deepened with stunningquickness as it swept northward to Lake Erie on the afternoon and night of the25th.
The unbelievably intense storm ended up breaking the inland North Americaninland pressure record as its center spun over Lake Huron on the 26th.
Windswept snow, sometimes a foot or more, clogged roads in Kentucky, Indiana,Ohio and Michigan into eastern Wisconsin and eastern Illinois. States ofemergency were declared.
Untold vehicles were buried under deep drifts. Rescues were accomplished viasnowmobile.
One passenger train was snagged by deep drifts in the Indiana countryside.
