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The most extensive and very nearly the most severe blizzard in Michigan history raged January 26, 1978 and into part of Friday January 27. About 20 people died as a direct or indirect result of the storm, most due to heart attacks or traffic accidents. At least one person died of exposure in a stranded automobile.
The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 [1] [2] was a catastrophic, historic nor'easter that struck New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the New York metropolitan area. The Blizzard of '78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7. [ 3 ]
The storm killed 51 people in Ohio and caused at least $100 million in damage. It closed roads, tore roofs from houses and stranded drivers ... Jan. 26 marked the beginning of the Blizzard of 1978 ...
Blizzard Category 3 1976 February 2: 56 inches (140 cm) 957 hPa (28.3 inHg) Blizzard — 1977 January 28 – February 1: 100 inches (250 cm) — Blizzard — 1978 January 25–27: 36 inches (91 cm) 955.5 hPa (28.22 inHg) Blizzard Category 5 February 5–7: 40 inches (100 cm) — Blizzard Category 5 1979 January 13–14: 21 inches (53 cm)
The 44th anniversary of the blizzard of 1978 is approaching. Brenda remembers that time and also asks for support of a project to remember veterans.
Akron-Canton’s Great Blizzard, a Monopoly-style board game, was tribute to 1978 weather catastrophe.
Events from the year 1978 in Michigan. The Associated Press (AP) rated the top Michigan news stories of 1978 as follows: [1] The Great Blizzard of 1978 leaving 400,000 homes and businesses without power; The passage of one of three tax proposals on the November ballot—a measure requiring voter approval for new tax increases above authorized ...
The defining event of Garrahy's governorship was the Great Blizzard of February 1978. The blizzard paralyzed the entire state with up to 56 inches of snow. [7] Garrahy lived in his office at the Rhode Island State House in Providence for three days until the crisis was under control. [7]