Blizzard of ’78: Where Were You 35 Years Ago Today?
Three and a half decades ago Stoneham was blanketed with more than two feet of snow.
On Feb. 6, 1978, the Boston area was blanketed with a record 27 inches of snow, with the added bonus of hurricane force winds. The storm began the morning of Feb. 6 and lasted through the following evening. It was a storm that was never really predicted to be so large, and yet from it one good thing came – we learned about emergency preparedness. The snow came down so quickly (at a rate of an inch an hour) thousands of motorists were stranded in snowdrifts as they drove down Rte. 128. Roads throughout the state were impassible and cars were abandoned at every turn. In an back issue of Bostonia, the alumni magazine of Boston University, Stoneham native Bernie Corbett his father driving them home to Stoneham the night of the blizzard after a…
deborah gudzevich
2:14 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Gallahue's was the first store to open, even before the cars were allowed. We loaded the kids in a sled and walked there to get milk and that. There were other people walking and on skis. It was really a friendly few days. more ›