Tom's Blog

     As I read articles last week and watched clips on YouTube about the Ohio part of the blizzard of 1978, I get to see the New England version of the blizzard of 1978.  Yes, the coverage started about the New England part this past Sunday in the Sunday News of Manchester.  Yes, it is the Sunday version of the Manchester Union Leader.  As the week goes on I heard some of the truck drivers at work talking about it and how bad it was in Massachusetts.  One of the major roads around Boston, Interstate 95-State Route 128 was a huge parking lot as people just parked their vehicles on the road and walked just to try and get home.  There was also some stories about people doing cross country skiing on roads and streets to get around.  The Massachusetts National Guard had to use cranes to get the roads cleared so the plows can get the roads cleared.  The main weather issue in the region is when there is a system comes up from the south along the coast.  The local people call it a Nor'easter as it has lots of moisture from the south along with wind to create a blizzard in the winter or a major rain event in the summer.  From what I gather from the reports the blizzard of 1978 here in the Northeast was the combination of the system from the west combining with the southern system to create the big blizzard.