With better long-range forecasts, our public works have a longer period of time to prepare for these big events. We also can communicate change and warnings in almost an instant through social media, TV and the internet. Thankfully, technology has greatly increased and so have our forecasting capabilities. Some would say we've had worse, but the impact in 1978 was widespread and lasted weeks in some areas. While we have had plenty of snowstorms, nor'easters and blizzards since then, this one is the one that we always look back to as how bad could it be. Snow was predicted to start during the very early morning hours of February 6th, but was delayed a few hours, so as many folks got up for the day, they went to work and school anyways.
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Even so, storm coverage was minimal during that time compared to the continuous coverage of storms today.Īfter a series of storms earlier that year (12-to-20 inches just a week before), the forecast was widely overlooked for this one. There was no internet in 1978, there were no cell phones, no quick way to share developing information or changes to the forecast other than radio and TV. It brought the region to a standstill for weeks, but it also brought people together.
It brought mountains of snow drifts to neighborhoods and brought some of the worst coastal flooding some communities had ever experienced. It was the big one, the one not many were prepared for, the one that stranded people at work, at home and in their cars. BOSTON - It's been 45 years since the benchmark of winter storms hit New England - the Blizzard of '78.
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