JT
December 20th, 2005, 1:11:53 PM
The Blizzard of '77......I will never forget that storm....I still remember opening my front door when I was a kid and seeing the snow drift coming up to within a foot of the top of the door.....Then when the game came out we played that all winter long.....it was a pretty cool game.....a lot of memories....here is an article about it.....
http://larc.hamgate.net/blizzard_of_1977.htm
The storm began on January 28 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_28) as snow started falling at 5 AM. The temperature fell from 26 degrees Fahrenheit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit) to just below zero (from −3 to −18 °C) in only a few hours. The blizzard reached its worst during the late afternoon as winds averaged 40 knots (46 mph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_hour), 74 km/h) and gusted to 60 knots (69 mph, 111 km/h). Thousands were stranded in office buildings, schools, police stations, fire halls, and factories. Cars were stalled everywhere and roads became impassable. The blizzard lasted for the next three days, ending on February 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1). Daily peak gusts of 51, 52, 58 and 46 mph (82, 84, 93, and 74 km/h) were recorded during this period. Although only a foot (30 cm) of snow actually fell, the wind caused extensive blowing and drifting (particularly of the snow that was piled just offshore on the well-frozen Lake Erie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie)), reducing visibility and covering cars and some buildings. Twenty-nine deaths were caused by the storm, many frozen in their buried cars.
http://larc.hamgate.net/blizzard_of_1977.htm
The storm began on January 28 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_28) as snow started falling at 5 AM. The temperature fell from 26 degrees Fahrenheit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit) to just below zero (from −3 to −18 °C) in only a few hours. The blizzard reached its worst during the late afternoon as winds averaged 40 knots (46 mph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_hour), 74 km/h) and gusted to 60 knots (69 mph, 111 km/h). Thousands were stranded in office buildings, schools, police stations, fire halls, and factories. Cars were stalled everywhere and roads became impassable. The blizzard lasted for the next three days, ending on February 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1). Daily peak gusts of 51, 52, 58 and 46 mph (82, 84, 93, and 74 km/h) were recorded during this period. Although only a foot (30 cm) of snow actually fell, the wind caused extensive blowing and drifting (particularly of the snow that was piled just offshore on the well-frozen Lake Erie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie)), reducing visibility and covering cars and some buildings. Twenty-nine deaths were caused by the storm, many frozen in their buried cars.