bjorn_skurj Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 A month without power. Oy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 We had a King-Hell ice storm here back in '91. No power for a week. We set the kids (5, 2 and newborn) near the fireplace with bedding. The beer stayed out in the snow. I became the entertainment - endless nights of Prine and Guthrie tunes. Good times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 We had a King-Hell ice storm here back in '91. No power for a week. We set the kids (5, 2 and newborn) near the fireplace with bedding. The beer stayed out in the snow. I became the entertainment - endless nights of Prine and Guthrie tunes. Good times.That story set off Rod Stewart's "Mandolin Wind" in my head just now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I have some photos from that week. The thing I recall the most is that I was in school at the time, and we had a week off. That had not happened before, and it certainly, has not happened since. Although - we did have two days off sometime in the early part of this decade due to a snowstorm. We have not really had much winter here for the past few years - this year, however, we are getting it. Â Storm of the Century - 1993North American blizzard - 1996 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 The 1993 one I remember - I think we got just shy of two feet of snow here. No clear recollection of the 1996 one, but I am sure it sucked as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Now, I am thinking of the winter of 1977-78. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Yes. To this day, I wonder why people live in Buffalo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Now, I am thinking of the winter of 1977-78.Ahh yes....I remember my friends and I making a nice igloo and smoking up in that thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I was 11/12 years old at the time. As I recall, we had a bunch of days off from school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Now, I am thinking of the winter of 1977-78.I unfortunately had the chicken pox during that. So even though there was ALL that amazing snow outside to play in, I had to stay in and watch all the kids go out and play Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Oh and I just got a call saying part of my town is up and running so I'm going to head home and check out my house and see what's up! And I just may get a Wilco ticket last minute too! Oh Happy Day!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 That's good to hear. I think Tracy was told it would be until at least Tuesday. Those dudes must be working around the clock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 The blizzard of '93 happened in Pennsylvania on my birthday. I remember how disappointed I was that we had to postpone my party. I also remember birthdays when it was 65 or 70 degrees. March is always a pretty strange month in terms of weather. Â And considering I wonder sometimes why I live here in the winter, I can't imagine living in Buffalo. One of my best friends and her husband moved from Texas to Watertown last year. Her husband was a life-long Texas resident, so when they had their first snowstorm, he was running around outside playing in it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Why anyone would move to Watertown from basically anywhere on Earth is a bit puzzling to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Why anyone would move to Watertown from basically anywhere on Earth is a bit puzzling to me.  Long time ago, my wife's sister threw a hissy-fit, packed up her shit and moved to guess where? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 My sister lived in Watertown for a while. It may have been what finally put her over the edge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Now, I am thinking of the winter of 1977-78. When we were kids we had a board game called Blizzard of '77. I have no idea where my parents got the thing but we played it all the time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spawn's dad Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 For us, 'Adventures in Babysitting' was a cult classic. What cult were you part of? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 When we were kids we had a board game called Blizzard of '77. I have no idea where my parents got the thing but we played it all the time! Oh really. It does not snow in Southtown very often. How did the game work? What was the objective? Looting the Piggly Wiggly?  More outages possible in ice-ravaged Northeast  By BETH LaMONTAGNE HALL, Associated Press Writer  ROCHESTER, N.H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Oh really. It does not snow in Southtown very often. How did the game work? What was the objective? Looting the Piggly Wiggly? It was actually a board game about the blizzard in NY that year. My mom must've picked it up at a yard sale of something. I don't remember how it was played, just that we played it a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Interesting. I have seen photos of snowdrifts from that winter that were over 12 feet high. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 The storm of 1978 happened the day before and on the day of my 21st birthday. My parents were to have taken my husband and I out to dinner that night. Instead, my younger siblings still at home were bowling down the long hallway of our family home to stay amused. My dad still gets nervous talking about it. This was how my hometown looked after it was all said and done: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Why anyone would move to Watertown from basically anywhere on Earth is a bit puzzling to me. The academic job market makes people do crazy things. I still haven't been up to visit her, but Watertown looked pretty bleak the one time I drove through it en route to Montreal--and it was summer and sunny.  We're settling into that long monochromatic part of winter that always makes me gloomy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 What cult were you part of? "Mum" is the word on that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I remember the blizzard of '78, aka the year that my mom went ballistic on a snow plow driver that piled up snow at the end of the driveway just after she had shoveled it. It was also the year my stepfather put the end of shovel through their bedroom window while shoveling the porch roof so that it wouldn't collapse under the weight under all that snow. Good times. More recently, we were able to swim in our building's indoor pool while getting 20" of snow on New Years Day -- 1999 I think. Interestingly, we have never had extended power outages here due to ice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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