Blizzard of 1978

[stilllearning09]

Today is the anniversary of the Blizzard of 1978. 33 years ago, wow - time flies! 20" of snow fell on Indy, and more up north. Where were you during the blizzard of 1978?

I was a student at ISU. The snow started to fall during a basketball game (Larry Bird days). By the time the game was over, there was over 5 inches on snow on the ground. Campus was closed the next day!

 

[jd4320t]

I wasn't even thought of yet

 

[The Keymaster]

I made a LOT of money plowing snow that year.

 

[ATM]

I was 8. No school and piles of snow everywhere.

Big fun!

 

[Cemetery-man]

I had fortunately purchased my first snowmobile just a couple of months before the blizzard hit. It was great, the workplace closed for a week, no cars on the roads, so it was like a week of snowmobile heaven. The LPD asked those who had snowmobiles to deliver groceries, etc. to people in the country and they (the LPD) even supplied the gas for our sleds and fed us.

 

[red_zr24x4]

I was 12 liveing in the boonys of northern Indiana. If I remember correctly we did not have school for 3 weeks couldnt get the car out for atleast a week after that. My stepdad had to ride on the back of the neighbor's snowmobile for groceries.
We could walk up the snow drift onto the house roof.This was the front of the house which is where the cars were parked.

 

[jclark]

I was 7. Two weeks off of school. Good times.

 

[Dr_O]

I was 23. Spent the night on a concrete floor at work.
Wife was at home alone with newborn twins and a 3 yr old.

Got a ride to within 3 blocks of home, walked the rest.

THAT was a snow storm.

 

[snapping turtle]

I spent time in the upstate New York area off the the lake. 20 inches off the lake in a night with real high winds like OUR Blizzard happens at least once a year.

It was cool building cave into snow banks off the driveway and having major snowball fights.

 

[Stubbleducker]

I was 8 years old in Colorado wondering why those lucky indiana kids didn't have to go to school for weeks due to a normal snowstorm....

 

[Fireaxes]

I was two. Probably sat around crapping my diaper and watching sesame street. Not much different than now.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I don't remember. I was 2 months old. :-)


-J-

 

[MrsGungho]

Home with the parental units. Digging tunnels and snow forts. Snowmobile came and got mom and took her into work, nursing home. Neighbor worked for a big plant and the factories roof collapsed so they came and got him out to go in, was some big wig there I guess. Dad shoveled the drive and the road to the corner where the road was clear from picking up the neighbor. I think we were snowed in 3 or 4 days only because of the circumstances. No school for a week or more, don't remember for sure.

 

[wtfd661]

I was 11 yrs old and having a great time sledding, building snow forts, and not going to school

 

[lovemachine]

Dang you guys are freakin' old!

 

[Que]

I was 9 years old and remember me and some friends jumping off of a second floor porch into the drifts. Man, the stupid things one does in his youth.

 

[Que]

Dang you guys are freakin' old!

For many, it's better to be old than dead.

 

[x10]

I was 12 and had the only mode of transportation that would work at the time, I rode my 4H horse to go get grocery's for people and remember how neat it was to just walk over the top of the fences on snow drifts so I didn't have to walk to the gate to go out back to feed the dogs.

I don't remember any panic or major problems. People out in the country were able to pretty much take care of themselves and a week of melting snow to flush the toilets and such

I'm almost sure I survived.

 

[schafe]

I remember barely making it home from work that night with my old 2wd Volvo(thank God for lotso ground clearance). I couldn't see where the sides of the road were..just tried to keep her moving and in between the poles. The roads were deserted but for me...not even plows.
We had just bought a house and the daughter was about2~3 y/o at home with the wife, and I felt I needed to be there with them. Next two days were spent shoveling out, and riding shotgun with the guys who had serious 4wds delivering groceries and supplies to the neighborhood.
Finally had some fun pulling the young'un on the sled behind the dirtbike, after the shoveling out ....she loved the snow roost!

 

[hip shot]

Was a student at IU walked to big red for bottle of burbon and called up GF........................