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Zzzzz
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I love winter...
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Winter for 6 months??? I need to live there!
So, how do you feel about autumn?
In a way, that’s almost my favorite time. The leaves are changing, the humidity is gone, the heat of summer has passed, and the evenings are chilly.
I like later in autumn, too, when you can actually smell that it’s about to snow.
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It's okay. There's just something special about winter for me. I just love it. I always have & probably always will.
Cadorman
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I thought you lived in Indiana? Last time I was there in February everything was crappy brown and there was a lot of freezing rain. I80 is kind of that cross over point where it snows to the north and rains to the south.
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I do. We haven't been getting as much snow as I'd like to have. The Blizzard of 78 was the best time of my life. I am always hopeful to have that again. Crappy and brown? Geez!
Be nice, you!
Cadorman
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We got a blizzard about that time in Iowa if I remember correctly. Do you remember roughly what month it was? Oh, and I was in southern Indiana. Jasper to be honest.I do. We haven't been getting as much snow as I'd like to have. The Blizzard of 78 was the best time of my life. I am always hopeful to have that again. Crappy and brown? Geez!
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It was all winter long, if I remember right. School was cancelled for weeks at a time. It was the best. My dad had a 4x4 Bronco, we went snowmobiling and basically just played all winter long.
I do. We haven't been getting as much snow as I'd like to have. The Blizzard of 78 was the best time of my life. I am always hopeful to have that again. Crappy and brown? Geez!
Boy, do I ever remember the Blizzard of ‘78!
School was out for two weeks, the snow drifted to within a couple feet of the roof…that was a fun time. My experience in Illinois was probably a lot like yours in Indiana.
Cadorman
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I just did some research and it hit eastern Iowa on January 25. I grew up 45 miles west of Dubuque on US 20 in the little town of Manchester.
Jethro Rocker
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Y'know I think we had a kickin blizzard that year too. It was somewhere around then. Drifts you could walk on the roof of the school! Coild have been a couple years earlier, can't recall but might have been 78.I do. We haven't been getting as much snow as I'd like to have. The Blizzard of 78 was the best time of my life. I am always hopeful to have that again. Crappy and brown? Geez!
Yep. That one was a doozy. Lived on the west side of Illinois south of Rock Island and Moline. There were drifts on the country roads deeper (taller) than the big truck I drove for work. Fun times.
Yeah, I grew up in Rockford and I recall my step-father shoveling snow off the roof of our home. There were several news reports of roofs collapsing in homes and businesses.
(By the way, have you noticed how many “Rock” names there are in Illinois? Rock Island, Rockford, the Rock River….hmmmm…)
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It was probably ‘78. It was a truly massive weather system that impacted much of the northern tier of the US and extended into Canada. I don’t know how far into Canada, but it affected all of us!
Even some southern US states that rarely see much snow got hammered. If I recall correctly, after the northern states dug out, crews and equipment were sent south to help them. Some Canadian teams may have come to help, too. I was just a kid, so some of my recollection may not be spot-on, but that sticks in my mind.
I definitely remember coming into the winter of ‘79 and hoping for a repeat! That didn’t happen, but we still got some decent snowfalls.
It was probably ‘78. It was a truly massive weather system that impacted much of the northern tier of the US and extended into Canada. I don’t know how far into Canada, but it affected all of us!
Even some southern US states that rarely see much snow got hammered. If I recall correctly, after the northern states dug out, crews and equipment were sent south to help them. Some Canadian teams may have come to help, too. I was just a kid, so some of my recollection may not be spot-on, but that sticks in my mind.
I definitely remember coming into the winter of ‘79 and hoping for a repeat! That didn’t happen, but we still got some decent snowfalls.
Found a photo. Not one taken by me. Maybe not even my county. But indicative of the country roads in my county.
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That's what I remember. It was so much fun! I had so many snow forts everywhere. We only came inside when we were made to. I warmed my hands at the dryer vent and kept on going.
Oh yeah…that brings back memories!!! The newscast is from Ohio, but the story was the same for just about any northern state.
I remember the pleas on the news for people with snowmobiles to help get doctors and nurses to the hospitals.
Anyone with a 4x4 or a snowmobile was a hero.