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Massachusetts

grumpyduck

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5. That was my first winter in MA.

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Mon Feb 6, 2023, 06:59 PM

Feb 2023

Moved there from CA to go to grad school. Boy, was I excited about my first NE winter... until it didn't stop. One morning my VW Super Bug had a 1/4" shell of ice all over it.

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45 years later: remembering the blizzard of '78 [View all] MissMillie Feb 2023 OP

I remember it well Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2023 #1

We returned in March, JenniferJuniper Feb 2023 #4

I live on the Mass coast. Remember it well. Paper Roses Feb 2023 #2

Those two winters of '77 and '78 drove me to Florida in '79..never looked back..nt mitch96 Feb 2023 #12

Ohio got it as well. Think it was the worst I remember. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #3

Yep Diamond_Dog Feb 2023 #6

Lived in Cincinnati that year MySideOfTown Feb 2023 #10

That was my first winter in MA. grumpyduck Feb 2023 #5

That was quite a storm democrank Feb 2023 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author democrank Feb 2023 #8

I, too, remember it well. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2023 #9

Gov. Grosso, CT, imposed order no vehicles on major highways or get into big trouble. sprinkleeninow Feb 2023 #11

bet milw too. we had a 5ft snow block in the alley my paternal unit made w plow. made tunnels. pansypoo53219 Feb 2023 #13