I was working in Providence, RI. I had driven to work like any morning, snow was threatening, but had not yet started. No sooner than I walked into the office, my boss came in and said :”fill your gas tank and go home now.” The snow started quickly and was thick and heavy in no time at all. I had to stop several times, under overpasses to clear the windshield as the wipers could not keep up with the accumulation. I made it back to Newport and once the snow stopped I shoveled out but there was not much point as most of the roads remained unplowed for some time.
I will never know for certain, but I felt like I was one of the only cars to escape providence; particularly when you see the photos of the highway after the blizzard of ’78.
And no place to go ??????
Steve,
I was on a tanker for my Webb Winter Work period that winter. Out at sea – it was a total whiteout. We came into Boston immediately after the Blizzard and I could not believe the snow piled up on the streets. Full sized vans completely hidden in snow drifts!
I had to walk from Revere into Boston as there was minimal traffic. There were two Blizzards that year. We sailed into Boston right after both of them. I remember it got really warm and windy after one of them and the glass was coming out of the Hancock Tower. Lots of sidewalks were blocked off because of stuff falling off roofs.