So we had to recalibrate it and put another chart on to get the rest of the trace.". lived on the outskirts of Toledo,OH & our yard backed up to a golf course. Akron Beacon Journal ~ 388 S. Main St. Suite 720 Akron, OH 44311 ~ Do Not Sell My Personal Information ~ Cookie Policy ~ Do Not Sell My Personal Information ~ Privacy Policy ~ Terms Of Service ~ Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The Blizzard of 1978 made me a household name in West Michigan. That's not right. She was director of marketing/ publicity at the Front Row in 1978. "My husband (George) was working days at Goodrich," she said. We had steady 111 mph winds gusting up to 127 mph for about six hours. The blizzard … Cars were stopped in the middle of the lanes and you could not see them until you were right on top of them. the monthly snowfall for january 1978 was 31.5 inches...which is the highest amount of snow for any month. "I remember it very clearly," he said. He made it about a mile up the road in his Ford Pinto, but he couldn't drive any farther because the wind was too ferocious. His son, 4, and daughter, 9 months, stayed cozy, but Murphy had to venture into the deep freeze. "We'd finally landed Bette Midler for four shows at The Front Row Theater in Highland Heights. -- August Zeizing via Facebook, "I was a freshman at the Akron General School of Nursing. Temperatures hovered around zero but the wind chill made it feel like 60 below. The Blizzard of 1978, often called the Storm of the Century, killed more than 50 people in Ohio and caused at least $100 million in damage. I don't remember any problems driving because there were so few vehicles on the roads. They barely had time to nap. We haven’t seen another quite like it, although we had some pretty impressive ice storms when I was in high school. My attire was normally a suit and white shirt and tie, but on that day, I was dressed more like a member of an Arctic expedition. This was long before the invention of the Internet, Facebook and cell phones -- but it was the age of CB radios. "Often, someone at a truck stop payphone repeated information gleaned from a trucker on a CB, who was passing along information from other truckers on CB's, like the old game of telephone. "(Former WJW Channel 8 meteorologist) Dick Goddard had warned us of the impending doom. I was sent aloft with a cane fishing pole to plumb for the car's position so Dad wouldn't inadvertently do damage while digging it out. Local residents will never forget the big storm of 30 years ago. the maximum snow depth at cincinnati up to that time was just before the blizzard with 14 inches on january 20th and 21st of 1978. I was grounded for until the snow melted. Thousands lost power, heat or phone service. When we arrived at the cemetery, we counseled the immediate family not to walk up the hill to the grave, and our band of hearty pallbearers trudged through the snow with the casket to the open grave. Parts of Northeast Ohio saw nearly a foot of snow, on top of 16 inches that had fallen earlier in the week. the greatest snow fall for a season was also broken with the 1977-1978 seasonal total of 53.9 inches. The blizzard helped make January 1978 the snowiest month in Northeast Ohio history. "I remember getting a phone call that day from my dad who worked at Ohio Bell," Murphy said. Blizzard of 1978 remembered 40 years later. "Getting from the street to the houses was quite another story. District 7 Home Currently selected; Contacts; District Deputy Director. When the storm was over, shoveling began (no snow blower). "I was 7 years old and we lived in a drafty, old farmhouse in Fremont, Ohio. When the storm hit, the school closed and the hospital that was connected to my dorm went into survival mode. But in just a few hours a massive storm moved north, dropping the temperature and turning the rain into snow. "A two-lane state highway ran in front of our house, but even when they finally managed to clear it (with heavy construction loaders), an 18-wheeler could pass by and we'd never see it for the huge drift which encircled the entire house. m_gallery_pagetype = "embed"; It was a scene worthy of 'Dr. "It was quite an event.". The Ohio State University was closed for two days, as well as several local businesses. "It was always busy on the medical floors during the winter. That was the scariest day of my life." The Akron Beacon Journal published an edition, but delivery was nearly impossible. CLEVELAND, Ohio - For two days in January 1978, Northeast Ohio felt like a suburb of Siberia. Survival stories emerged from the frozen wasteland. Why they didn't cancel school that day is still a mystery to me. -  Valerie Z. Adams, 57, Cleveland. The snow was deep around her home near Summit Lake. Windy and cold Thursday with snow flurries.". According to the National Weather Service, National Weather Service offices across the Great Lakes and Upper Ohio Valley issued blizzard warnings for most of the region by late evening on Jan. 25, 1978. The airport recorded a peak gust of 76 mph at 5:12 a.m., followed by sustained winds of 35 to 40 mph for the next 15 hours. CB radios spread information "All night long, my wife and I laid in bed listening to WWWE-1100 AM, now known as WTAM. Blizzard warnings turned to travelers' advisories before dawn Friday. Bitter, bitter cold," Webster said. "There were a lot of snow parties going on,"" he chuckled. When we finished with the shoveling, my father got the idea to build an igloo for me. We rode it out there at the airport.". Cbussian? They couldn't shoot anything because of the cold and wind. "There was a large amount of snow," he said. My fiancee (now wife) Kathy was an impoverished teacher living in a cheap, walk-up apartment in Dover that had no kitchen and no phone. We had never heard that kind of noise. Despite earlier projections, a low pressure area from North Dakota collided with a low pressure area from the Gulf of Mexico. The drift went over the garage roof, totally covering my father's car parked out front. After the relatively snowless winter we’ve been having, I’ve decided that I would rather hear 100 more stories about that storm than experience one half as voracious myself. "We were trapped for most of a week before my brother-in-law made it down with his tractor to break through that main drift. Before sending us home, they had to contact everyone's parents to ensure they weren't sending us home to be locked out of an empty house and perish in the storm. Cars are buried along Summit Street in Bowling Green. Local volunteers brought food and medicines from town on snowmobiles for some folks, but we were well-stocked with supplies. Snowdrifts more than 20 feet deep buried cars and homes. The snow was already really deep by then. I drove my family's 1977 Ford LTD with the immediate family to Calvary Cemetery and made sure I took a bag of rock salt and a snow shovel in the trunk. I worked a ward that had 42 patients.". Thanks! He recalls watching in disbelief as his neighbors tried to put out their trash. "- Julie Sherman, 49, Euclid. It was actually quite fun: winter camping in the kitchen." Although it was only recorded as 4.7 inches of snowfall here in Columbus, the ability to measure the snow was nearly impossible due to the hurricane-force winds sweeping through the area. m_gallery_json = "https://expo.advance.net/static/4760eca309/data.json"; "I couldn't even talk. -  John Ewing, director at Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Those poor nurses were the real heroes during that storm." Kevin Murphy, who had been interviewing at Ohio Edison just before the blizzard, landed a job there soon afterward. Four-wheel-drive trucks picked up nurses to get them to the hospital. © 2020 Advance Local Media LLC. Nearly a foot of snow fell on top of a 16-inch storm from days earlier. - Deborah Malone, 61, Euclid. You know, how your house rattles and squeals.". - Barb Resch, 57, Canton, 'Winter Olympics of climbing, slipping and sliding'. Along with the Derecho of May 31, 1998, it was the most disruptive storm of my career. Chelsea Wiley, first of her name, Queen of the Seven Andals... wait. Our orders were to stay below decks and keep our movements to a minimum." They no sooner got us to school than they realized their mistake. I remember it well. Akron-Canton Airport broke a record with 37.5 inches. "Our trace on our barograph went down like a funnel," Alto said. He and his wife, Donna, huddled around a fireplace. 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