26CornerBlitz Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 @TJPignataro The Blizzard of '77 anniversary: Where were you Jan. 28, 1977? http://weather.buffalonews.com/2015/01/28/blizzard-77-anniversary-jan-28-1977/ #Buffalo #Blizzardof77 Never seen anything like this since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I was at home and bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I was in high school. They let us go home early which was weird because there was no snow on the ground. I remember looking out the window at the sky. It was a freaky glowing yellow/green color. Two weeks of no school. One week from too much snow and one week too cold. Thank you oil embargo. I was at home and bored. Ahhh life pre Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Living in N Virginia. Drove to BUF to check on my parents. I can remember driving W on Rt 20A, and seeing those big old farmhouses with snow up to the 2nd floor, and higher.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I was in third grade at Gardenville in West Seneca. We went to school that day- and got snowed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I was a senior at the U. Miami, we had snow flurries, yes snow flurries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Ahhh life pre Internet.Yeah it was tough .... Had to get naked women pics from magazines ... While they were gone by 77 I even remember party line phones. It is amazing to think how different the world already is as compared to when we were kids. Much less how different it will be when we are **** ourselves in the nursing home.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) 7th grade. Can remember climbing around on drifts that were as high as two story houses and running around on the rooftops. There was an area a few blocks from my neighborhood that was open and the drifts were as high as telephone poles. At the time I didn't fully appreciate it - looking back it seems insane. Edited January 28, 2016 by stevewin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) I wasn't alive yet. Interesting comparison I can relate to, my parents who very much lived through the blizzard of 77, said snowvember of 2014 was significantly worse and more paralyzing. Edited January 28, 2016 by drinkTHEkoolaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 I had not listened to any weather forecasts and got ready for school (Go Crusaders!) that morning. I opened our front door and it was an instant WHOA!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/winter/will-this-storm-make-the-list-of-the-biggest-weather-events-here-20140107 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) I wasn't alive yet. Interesting comparison I can relate to, my parents who very much lived through the blizzard of 77, said snowvember of 2014 was significantly worse and more paralyzing. I agree, can't really remember 77 because I was only 4 years old but bottomline is we only got 20 inches of snow. Like I said don't remember but I don;t know how people could say it was worse then the 8 feet we got in 2001 or the 8 feet we got last year. Edited January 28, 2016 by Gordio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 i shoveled our entire neighborhood with nothing but a spoon while wearing flip flops and shorts, up hill in both directions. kid's today, they get it too easy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradobillsfan Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I agree, can't really remember 77 because I was only 4 years old but bottomline is we only got 20 inches of snow. Like I said don't remember but I don;t know how people could say it was worse then the 8 feet we got in 2001 or the 8 feet we got last year. the wind, which was fierce at times, blew huge amounts of snow off Lake Erie which had frozen over. so the snow totals were relatively low, but the drifts that piled up against houses and buildings were truly immense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 the wind, which was fierce at times, blew huge amounts of snow off Lake Erie which had frozen over. so the snow totals were relatively low, but the drifts that piled up against houses and buildings were truly immense. And the weather itself killed people directly. Usually, in a winter storm, people die of secondary results (car accidents, heart attacks shoveling snow, roof collapse). People actually froze to death in the Blizzard of '77. Plus...when a 60mph wind picks up snow and drives it against any surface, it melts and refreezes quickly. You weren't just digging through powder in '77...they had to bring in mining equipment to dig people out. There've been snowier storms. And mass quantities of snow can be incredibly paralyzing on their own (as DC is discovering right now - 2-3 feet, and the region's still a mess because there's simply nowhere to put it all.) But '77 was probably the most outright dangerous storm winter storm we've seen in our lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 i shoveled our entire neighborhood with nothing but a spoon while wearing flip flops and shorts, up hill in both directions. kid's today, they get it too easy.... You had a spoon?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 i shoveled our entire neighborhood with nothing but a spoon while wearing flip flops and shorts, up hill in both directions. kid's today, they get it too easy.... Lucky bastard. I had to use my flip-flops as shovels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Lucky bastard. I had to use my flip-flops as shovels. You had flip flops?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Was on standby at the Bowmansville fire department for 4 days. Slept on the hose bed of the trucks. Walked home after 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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