Major East Coast Blizzard

[oldngray]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1978

 

[BSWALKS]

I think it was february, but preceded by another major storm.

 

[oldngray]

The one in Feb wasn't as bad.

 

[TheKid]

Um , I am in Mass. I think we are talking about two different storms

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

The "Blizzard of '78" formed on February 5, 1978 (a Sunday) and broke up on February 7, 1978.
Just googled it.

I was a junior in high school living in Massachusetts at the time. Our house was the last on the street and I remember the plows pushed the snow just past the end of our driveway. I also recall my brothers and I jumping off the roof of our house. We did not have school for a week.

 

[UnconTROLLed]

There were several blizzards in 1978, just for the record. The predecessor to the "New England blizzard of 1978" was the "White Hurricane" Jan 26th 1978, where there was also 15-25" of snow over much of New England.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Um , I am in Mass. I think we are talking about two different storms

Is that even a state?

 

[TheKid]

Is that even a state?

Kinda

 

[UnconTROLLed]

I see no reason why this storm shouldn't drop at least 20", if not up to 40" of snow across eastern New England down to near NYC. However like Feb '78, the snow will be impossible to measure with 50mph+ winds.

 

[browner89]

Crazy i'm only a little west of it geographically and we're in a 2-4 inch zone with a little more on Tuesday/Weds. Lucked out majorly, but I wonder if it'll effect our feeder division, I'd say 70% of our outgoing stuff heads straight to New England.

 

[BSWALKS]

I see no reason why this storm shouldn't drop at least 20", if not up to 40" of snow across eastern New England down to near NYC. However like Feb '78, the snow will be impossible to measure with 50mph+ winds.

One model I saw, showed Lawrence at 30+. I'm figuring 20" for where I live.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

One model I saw, showed Lawrence at 30+. I'm figuring 20" for where I live.

Eww. That sucks

 

[Turdferguson]

Is that even a state?

Commonwealth

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Crazy i'm only a little west of it geographically and we're in a 2-4 inch zone with a little more on Tuesday/Weds. Lucked out majorly, but I wonder if it'll effect our feeder division, I'd say 70% of our outgoing stuff heads straight to New England.

Syracuse?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Commonwealth

Thought it was part of Canada.

 

[browner89]

Syracuse?

Nah I'm in PA, still not far from areas getting completely blasted yet we have nothing hitting us basically, maybe 6 inches of a 3 day period. It's rare for these storms to miss us.

 

[Turdferguson]

Thought it was part of Canada.

One can wish. Maybe rickyb will start a campaign to take it over try out his corporative business model on the workers there

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

One can wish. Maybe rickyb will start a campaign to take it over try out his corporative business model on the workers there

He can have that and Obama too.

 

[BSWALKS]

Eww. That sucks

What really sucks, is Sleeve is way more accurate than any TV weather person. I believe him when he says 40" is possible.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Our local weatherman is predicting 2-4'' for our area with much higher amounts the further south you go.