Comments on: The Big One: The Blizzard of ’88

By: Christie Gill

Christie Gill — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:02:32 +0000

Thank you for all the wonderful stories. I’m glad I live in Arizona now. I’m a wimp.

By: Dia Abrams

Dia Abrams — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:23:31 +0000

Interesting article! Love reading about historic weather events.

By: christina

christina — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:25:49 +0000

I live in massachusetts and honestly do not recall having any storms october 31st 2011. I remember getting some snow that day but hardly even a half a foot lol that was not a snow storm at all. Just a flurry. And by the way…. I live on the end closest to connecticut. They barely got anything as from what I seen/heard too. Last year we had a lot of snow but nothing compared to the ’78 blizzard or ’88.

By: cambric

cambric — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:42:49 +0000

The difference everyone is mentioning isn’t the inches of snow as much as it was the deaths: over 400! Yes, we’ve had more snow and blowing winds, but nowhere near the loss of lives with the ’88 storm.

By: Pat Chace

Pat Chace — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:18:48 +0000

Did anyone remember the “Blizzard”/Nor’Easter of 1978? The whole northeast was stranded. People were stranded at work places, some ventured out and vehicles just could not go anywhere. Snow coming down at inches an hour, wind blowing at full force. Being a Nor’easter, coastal heavy wet snow, described as a cement wall if plows just could not budge it. All forces had to send for extra equipment which came out from Buffalo, They were so amazed at the fact they could not move , they explained it as trying to move cement. And folks, that’s what you call a Blizzard!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:40:10 +0000

That’s just considered a dusting around here…..During the Great Blizzard of 1966, a three-day Nor’easter blended with lake effect squalls to leave my home town of Fulton, N.Y. buried under nearly 200 inches — 16 feet — of snow.
Check it out here/http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2007-02-06-ny-snow_x.htm

By: Dave Gostomski

Dave Gostomski — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:29:04 +0000

We had the blizzard 0f 1977 in Western New York. Shut down everything from Erie, Pa to past Buffalo. Nothing could move with all the snow from lake effect snows and very high winds. It took the National Guard to dig us out. Houses along the lake were buried over the roofs in snow drifts.

By: Mary Such

Mary Such — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:34:28 +0000

I am surprised that you did not mention the October 31st storm from just this past 2011. It was named Storm Alfred. Connecticut and Massachusetts had over 14 – 16 inches of snow and snapped trees in half. Connecticut looked like a war zone. Many people were without power for two weeks.

By: Janet groves

Janet groves — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:58:07 +0000

What a great story my great great grandparents actually died in this storm and left my great grandfather orphaned.