Post Your '78 Blizzard Pics Here!
For those of us who weren't here – I grew up in Southern California – we'd love to see scenes of EG and the state under mounds and mounds and mounds of snow!
Yes, I was very much alive in 1978, but I grew up in Los Angeles so I missed out on the famous blizzard that took place 35 years ago TODAY! So, I've decided to put out a call for photos. If you've got any from the Blizzard of '78, taken here in East Greenwich or elsewhere, please scan them in and post them here. I want to see Main Street, the Harbourside, East Greenwich High School, Academy Field ... your backyard. I want to see it all and I suspect I'm not alone. Oh, and share your stories too! Did you get stuck somewhere? Did you have to shovel until your hands were blistered? Did you run out of food? Thanks!
Alice Rezendes
8:22 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
I worked at Hospital Trust in downtown Providence. I carpooled that day and we got stuck on 95. I was 7 months pregnant and had to climb up the side of the highway to get to a street and walked to a fire station. My husband and dobie Clyde walked for miles from Narragansett Terrace looking for me (no cell phones back then). Luckily I got a ride home. We were without power, etc. for a week. The … more ›