I was 6 years old when this snowstorm hit. I remember going out and suddenly landing in snow that was up to my neck!!! I was SCARED!!!! Something I will never forget!
I was conceived about 9 months after this snowstorm, and I was born in Chicago. My parents didn't go to work on the day of the snowstorm . . . hmm, I wonder what they did that day?
@collegeman1988 ...guess they had some time on their hands that day lol! Thanks for sharing the story Collegeman; always like when these clips stir up stories and this was a good one!
@boonshit Oops! I meant to say that I was BORN about 9 months after this snowstorm. Anytime I've asked my mother what my parents did that day, she denies that they worked to create me since they couldn't go to work.
OMG, this is awesome! I was 8 and remember it very well. I lived on Crawford ave across from Rich Central. My dad pulled me on a sled down the middle of Crawford Ave. to the grocery store on 183rd and Crawford in Country Club Hills. It was fun and scary at the same time.
@musicmom1212 Thanks for sharing Musicmom! i wanted to share these but i Love the stories i get back, especially the one close to home for me. i'm familiar with the area; i lived in P.F. and Chicago Hts! i'll bet that was a fun and scary time! i wasn't born then but my bro gave me an old reel player and reels when i was eleven in the mid-eighties and one of the reels had this broadcast on it. Being a big snow fan i would play it every year hoping for a winter like that; then 2011 happened!
great videos, but very scary, how much it sounds like when i was plowing 2/1-6/2011. only thing, i moved from park forest to elk grove village. Thanks so much for these, i remember hearing the stories from my grandmother and parents and uncles about this storm. how small of me to think, i would never come close to seeing it, let alone being the guy out keeping things open.
@pfriverrat Excellent story Pfriv! glad to have read it! i wasn't born yet for the 67 blizzard either; my brother gave me this old reel player and a bunch of reels when i was eleven and this broadcast was one one of them. i've always loved snow and every year since i would listen to it, hoping for a winter like that. i guess You and me both finally got our experience with it this year huh?! i used to live in Park Forest too so i know the area; what an experience for You driving the plow!
@nursesoflosangeles Thank You for pointing that out Nurses! i know that not all the pictures jived completely with everything; did the best i could with the stills i found; just wish i had all pictures from the actual blizzard here; the audio however is completely genuine.
Even though it was a really powerful storm and really socked it to us back then, my husband & I look back on it with fond memories. I was 20 and he was 23. We were young then and had tons of energy. We lived in the Co-Ops in PF and all our neighbors banded together and we literally dug the whole parking lot out by hand over the course of a few days. Everything came to a stand still for three days and people skied down the middle of Western ave. It was great to time to help one another. ;-)
@meezerlover Wow! That sounded like a great time actually. This was a big reason i wanted to put these together and post them; i wanted to share it all but i Love the real stories about it that i get, especially the one that are so close to home for me. i used to live in Park Forest myself, in the 90's. Thank You for sharing Meezerlover, and glad You enjoyed!
@crazymae328 i know what you mean! i've had these tape reels for almost twenty six years now and i've been listening to them for that long. Even though i was born in the mid seventies and wasn't here for the '67, i would listen to this every winter and pretend i was there. That reel and the player both still work to this day and even though the final mp3 of it here was filtered a little, it didn't need much. The original is still pretty clear!
@meezerlover Wow that is crazy. i heard about the bread and milk shortages back then. If it makes you feel any better though, my wife and i dug our driveway out last week with one shovel; no snow blower for us in 2011 either, and it's about a four-car sized driveway. Well we weren't getting much Chicago snow there for years it seemed. i must say it was fun though!
Thanks so much for posting this video!!!! I had forgotten how crazy it was. I'll never forget it. I was from Park Forest. My dad, a pediatrician, tried to get to work, walking. A policeman picked him up and took him to his office. Thanks again!
@53operagirl Thanks for enjoying the clip! They were a fun project, and i always like when the subject of this blizzard stirs up stories like yours! i used to live in Park Forest as well.
@stevezur No problem! It was fun putting it all together. i still have the original reels and the reel player, which are both still in tact and work fine! (i don't think the reel player records anymore, but still plays!) Even though i recorded the audio into the computer and filtered it a little bit admittedly, the original reel is still in good shape! Every year, sometime in mid winter i play the original reels for personal tradition and enjoyment.
This is pretty cool. WCGO was our local radio station in Chicago Heights, and the studio was located in our local shopping center where our mom did her shopping, just about 0.3 miles from our home. I remember this day very well; hearing the initial forecast for 4" of snow on WCGO while eating my cereal...then being sent home from Greenbriar Elementary school at lunch. I then remember my dad walking home from the Flossmoor IC station 'cuz he couldn't get his car out of the parking lot.
@dmwierz459 Thanks! i always love hearing stories like yours when the subject of this blizzard would come up. i've been around the Heights for a long time too and remember WCGO. They just went off the air a couple of years ago. Supposedly WTAS's last broadcast was in the mid eighties.
@retroexplosion1. i was lucky to be given this tape reel with the audio from my brother when i was about ten. i actually wasn't born until after this storm either; seven years later, but i've been listening to that tape for 25 years, waiting for a blizzard like 2011!
I was 6 years old when this snowstorm hit. I remember going out and suddenly landing in snow that was up to my neck!!! I was SCARED!!!! Something I will never forget!
dillysgirl4ever 3 weeks ago
I was conceived about 9 months after this snowstorm, and I was born in Chicago. My parents didn't go to work on the day of the snowstorm . . . hmm, I wonder what they did that day?
collegeman1988 7 months ago
@collegeman1988 ...guess they had some time on their hands that day lol! Thanks for sharing the story Collegeman; always like when these clips stir up stories and this was a good one!
boonshit 6 months ago
@boonshit Oops! I meant to say that I was BORN about 9 months after this snowstorm. Anytime I've asked my mother what my parents did that day, she denies that they worked to create me since they couldn't go to work.
collegeman1988 6 months ago
OMG, this is awesome! I was 8 and remember it very well. I lived on Crawford ave across from Rich Central. My dad pulled me on a sled down the middle of Crawford Ave. to the grocery store on 183rd and Crawford in Country Club Hills. It was fun and scary at the same time.
musicmom1212 9 months ago
@musicmom1212 Thanks for sharing Musicmom! i wanted to share these but i Love the stories i get back, especially the one close to home for me. i'm familiar with the area; i lived in P.F. and Chicago Hts! i'll bet that was a fun and scary time! i wasn't born then but my bro gave me an old reel player and reels when i was eleven in the mid-eighties and one of the reels had this broadcast on it. Being a big snow fan i would play it every year hoping for a winter like that; then 2011 happened!
boonshit 9 months ago
great videos, but very scary, how much it sounds like when i was plowing 2/1-6/2011. only thing, i moved from park forest to elk grove village. Thanks so much for these, i remember hearing the stories from my grandmother and parents and uncles about this storm. how small of me to think, i would never come close to seeing it, let alone being the guy out keeping things open.
pfriverrat 10 months ago
@pfriverrat Excellent story Pfriv! glad to have read it! i wasn't born yet for the 67 blizzard either; my brother gave me this old reel player and a bunch of reels when i was eleven and this broadcast was one one of them. i've always loved snow and every year since i would listen to it, hoping for a winter like that. i guess You and me both finally got our experience with it this year huh?! i used to live in Park Forest too so i know the area; what an experience for You driving the plow!
boonshit 9 months ago
Filler photos are ok, but that one of nurses at 1:37 is from the early 1900s.
nursesoflosangeles 1 year ago
@nursesoflosangeles Thank You for pointing that out Nurses! i know that not all the pictures jived completely with everything; did the best i could with the stills i found; just wish i had all pictures from the actual blizzard here; the audio however is completely genuine.
boonshit 9 months ago
Even though it was a really powerful storm and really socked it to us back then, my husband & I look back on it with fond memories. I was 20 and he was 23. We were young then and had tons of energy. We lived in the Co-Ops in PF and all our neighbors banded together and we literally dug the whole parking lot out by hand over the course of a few days. Everything came to a stand still for three days and people skied down the middle of Western ave. It was great to time to help one another. ;-)
meezerlover 1 year ago
@meezerlover Wow! That sounded like a great time actually. This was a big reason i wanted to put these together and post them; i wanted to share it all but i Love the real stories about it that i get, especially the one that are so close to home for me. i used to live in Park Forest myself, in the 90's. Thank You for sharing Meezerlover, and glad You enjoyed!
boonshit 9 months ago
i feel like im in a car listening the news that's weird!ilove this! ilike the sound!
crazymae328 1 year ago
@crazymae328 i know what you mean! i've had these tape reels for almost twenty six years now and i've been listening to them for that long. Even though i was born in the mid seventies and wasn't here for the '67, i would listen to this every winter and pretend i was there. That reel and the player both still work to this day and even though the final mp3 of it here was filtered a little, it didn't need much. The original is still pretty clear!
boonshit 1 year ago
Nice job!
Nnuku72 1 year ago
@Nnuku72 Thanks and also thanks for letting me hog the computer for a while to do them!
boonshit 1 year ago
20.2 inches of snow 3rd highest ever!!
topthrilldragster20 1 year ago
@topthrilldragster20 Yes and we were only a few inches away from number one! is it me or does it seem like '79 was a larger storm than '99?
boonshit 1 year ago
@boonshit I don't know. I wasn't even a year old when we got the snow in 1979.
topthrilldragster20 1 year ago
I remember this storm well...my daughter was 7 months old and I ran out of milk..
no snow blowers then, everything was done by hand. And we were told then that this storm would only amount to 4 inches...
meezerlover 1 year ago
@meezerlover Wow that is crazy. i heard about the bread and milk shortages back then. If it makes you feel any better though, my wife and i dug our driveway out last week with one shovel; no snow blower for us in 2011 either, and it's about a four-car sized driveway. Well we weren't getting much Chicago snow there for years it seemed. i must say it was fun though!
boonshit 1 year ago
Thanks so much for posting this video!!!! I had forgotten how crazy it was. I'll never forget it. I was from Park Forest. My dad, a pediatrician, tried to get to work, walking. A policeman picked him up and took him to his office. Thanks again!
53operagirl 1 year ago
@53operagirl Thanks for enjoying the clip! They were a fun project, and i always like when the subject of this blizzard stirs up stories like yours! i used to live in Park Forest as well.
boonshit 1 year ago
I really don't miss all that snow! My heart goes to all the people who are suffering from this storm :(
depechemodefan001 1 year ago
@depechemodefan001 i know. i just wish no one was put in a bad situation because of the snow and everyone could be at home enjoying it instead.
boonshit 1 year ago
Thanks for posting, Great quality for such an old recording,
stevezur 1 year ago 2
@stevezur No problem! It was fun putting it all together. i still have the original reels and the reel player, which are both still in tact and work fine! (i don't think the reel player records anymore, but still plays!) Even though i recorded the audio into the computer and filtered it a little bit admittedly, the original reel is still in good shape! Every year, sometime in mid winter i play the original reels for personal tradition and enjoyment.
boonshit 1 year ago
Get ready for Blizzard 2011
SFConifer 1 year ago 2
@SFConifer et tu?
bub777 1 year ago
@SFConifer i'm ready for 2011 Pt II!
boonshit 1 year ago
This is pretty cool. WCGO was our local radio station in Chicago Heights, and the studio was located in our local shopping center where our mom did her shopping, just about 0.3 miles from our home. I remember this day very well; hearing the initial forecast for 4" of snow on WCGO while eating my cereal...then being sent home from Greenbriar Elementary school at lunch. I then remember my dad walking home from the Flossmoor IC station 'cuz he couldn't get his car out of the parking lot.
dmwierz459 1 year ago 6
@dmwierz459 Thanks! i always love hearing stories like yours when the subject of this blizzard would come up. i've been around the Heights for a long time too and remember WCGO. They just went off the air a couple of years ago. Supposedly WTAS's last broadcast was in the mid eighties.
boonshit 1 year ago
These recordings are very important historic record. I was born a week after this storm in the south west suburbs.
retroexplosion1 1 year ago 8
@retroexplosion1. i was lucky to be given this tape reel with the audio from my brother when i was about ten. i actually wasn't born until after this storm either; seven years later, but i've been listening to that tape for 25 years, waiting for a blizzard like 2011!
boonshit 1 year ago