I was in 6 grade, and stuck in school and didn't get home until around 8:00 clock at night we had lost power at home and my mother had the house lit with candles. But being a kid I love all the snow.
115 MPH on First Cliff Scituate. That's a Category 3 Hurricane! And I heard the blizzard had an eye, too, just like a regular hurricane and the Portland Gale of 1898.. I was 17 living in family house in Scituate Centre at the time. Lucky all we got up there was a lot of snow. I mean, two to three FEET of snow! Everybody who lived east of Hatherly Road down by the beach from Minot to Light House Point were devistated by the storm surge.
Looking at this, I realize that as a 14 year old freshman at NHS I didn't have a clue. I remember it as fun, and somehow my Dad and I set out in the dodge dart and made it to Scituate. I remember it being bad, but looking at it now, it was absolute devastation! I remember that week as being one of the most fun times of my life. I returned to get Married at the lighthouse in 06, and moved back in 2009, a new empty nester, and my husband heard the story, but this footage tells it better.
I was 14 y.o. and a resident of Everett. It was a BLAST...we had over two weeks off school, and did a lot of sledding!!! I remember the 10' snow drifts!! We had to walk anywhere we needed to go...but I always loved walking in the snow.
HEY...Lol, The kids were having a BLAST!! They were LOVIN it!!! I was in Brockton, and I was out walking around in the middle of it. A friend of mine that I knew from High school was in the national gaurd, he was driving a gaurd truck and stopped to pick me up and drove me to a friends house where I stayed during the rest of the storm. I was walking on snowmobile tracks. I'm in Nashville, TN now and if they got this, HANG IT UP!!!
I remember that. I was 17 years old. See on our street nothing was ruined, so I never knew things were that bad any where else. I went outside and all the snow had been plowed up against the telephone poles almost to the top. And it was unusually warm considering all that snow. I climbed to the top of a snow bank, the top of a telephone pole.
What an unbelievable experience... my mom and I were snowed in to our home and had to jump from the 2nd floor windows, to get help... 2 days later. The destruction and impact to my home town was stunning! I'll never forget going to see the damage over the next weeks. Houses gone all together or more incredible, half a house gone and the other half left totally in tact, dishes on the table, plants on the mantle. I'll never forget the images from this storm.
Was living at the FENWAY at this time, thank you for posting this, had no idea it has been so devastating to your commUNITY. You are STRONG and RESILIENT, never GIVE UP! More LOVE!
yeah, but .... what a blast it was !!! My family was living in Scituate and I was in the Back Bay of Boston ... such memories ... In down town Boston we were walking ABOVE the parking meters the snow was so high.
I was in boot camp when I got pictures from my sister. It was a couple of weeks after the storm back then you had no idea what was happening in the world. Scituate
I was on a ferry sent home from work early bc of the storm.. turned out to be the last ferry -which didn't come back into service til 8 days later! The ferry almost sank about 4 times. Very scarey...
at least 40 inches approximantly 3 and a half feet. you couldnt even get out of your house for 4-5 days, you try to open up the door and it was half way up. school was closed for 4-5 days
I was 6 years old. I was stranded in Revere at my Grammy's house. It was so fun! The guy sitting on top of the phone booth was married to my friend's sister. He has since passed away. Famous picture in Brockton.
We were 14 year old boys when the storm hit and I tell ya it was the greatest 5 days of snowbound fun any 14 year old could have!
I think the statue of limitations is covering me for this story as we broke into a certain skating rink and skated for days playing neighborhood pick up hockey games for days, then we turned to Central Junior High in Weymouth and jumped off the roof doing back flips into the snow banks! and on and on the fun never stopped. Wow! The Blizzard of 78 was so much fun!
.I remember the B Of 78. I was 15 years young. Neighbors talking to neighbors that you neevr spoke to before. Going with my folks and brother with our toboggan to BPM in Randolph. It was something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Better times back than. When your neighboirs knew you and your family.
I was living in Wollaston with my great grandma and grandma. I worked on an island off of So. Boston when the blizzard hit. I didn't think we'd make it to the shore huge waves kept going over our ferry and many were getting seasick who had just eaten lunch. Finally we made it the wind was incredible.
...I remember this,had to leave work,Derby,Ct, & walked,it took me 6 hrs to get through 10 ft, drifts to next town of Ansonia-Ct. state was closed down Joey Gondola 22 years old of Connecticut,could hardly walk in snow-was brutal
If they only could have harnessed all of the hot air in Mike Dukakas, the snow could have been melted away to nothing in a matter of hours. ...True fact!!
I was living on a boat in the Hingham Shipyard during the blizzard! Three kids and a small woodstove and no electricity. It was two days before they plowed enough to get out of there. Around midnight we had to use iron pry bars to keep the wires arund the pilings so the dock would blow away. As the water rose and rose they were threatening to come right off the tops of the pilings. The snow felt like needles. It was AWFUL! Ah, the folly of youth! We moved ashore right after that.
I was 9 building igloos under the drifts with seats and a hole in the roof for the make pretend fire in Franklin, Ma. We were safe with a pot belly stove in the living room where we all slept in sleeping bags and kept warm. Drifts covered the back door and roof, but as a 9 year old, I found it fascinating and fun. Didn't realize all the deaths and destruction until I became older.
I was 15. We lived in Brockton. My father's new car, a 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis, was stuck on a car carrier on Rte 128. The snowdrifts were over 4 ft, and we couldn't get out the door. I leaned out the bathroom window and took pictures. After 3 days, we were able to get out and walk to the Curtis Compact store, which was about 4 blocks away. My brother, who lived in Westport, MA at the time, was stuck in Rhode Island, and he slept in a funeral home and was helping dig out cars.
I remember it well! I was sledding off the roof of our house in Dover, MA. Never knew how bad the damage was in Scituate. Man. That year, there was so much snow, it took forever to melt. Was it really 30 years ago already?
I was in 6 grade, and stuck in school and didn't get home until around 8:00 clock at night we had lost power at home and my mother had the house lit with candles. But being a kid I love all the snow.
Seer11665 3 weeks ago
115 MPH on First Cliff Scituate. That's a Category 3 Hurricane! And I heard the blizzard had an eye, too, just like a regular hurricane and the Portland Gale of 1898.. I was 17 living in family house in Scituate Centre at the time. Lucky all we got up there was a lot of snow. I mean, two to three FEET of snow! Everybody who lived east of Hatherly Road down by the beach from Minot to Light House Point were devistated by the storm surge.
EdM021 2 months ago
That's "my family house." Arrrrgh! Computer dyslexia!!
EdM021 2 months ago
Looking at this, I realize that as a 14 year old freshman at NHS I didn't have a clue. I remember it as fun, and somehow my Dad and I set out in the dodge dart and made it to Scituate. I remember it being bad, but looking at it now, it was absolute devastation! I remember that week as being one of the most fun times of my life. I returned to get Married at the lighthouse in 06, and moved back in 2009, a new empty nester, and my husband heard the story, but this footage tells it better.
64delftlover 2 months ago
I was 14 y.o. and a resident of Everett. It was a BLAST...we had over two weeks off school, and did a lot of sledding!!! I remember the 10' snow drifts!! We had to walk anywhere we needed to go...but I always loved walking in the snow.
robynlor 9 months ago
HEY...Lol, The kids were having a BLAST!! They were LOVIN it!!! I was in Brockton, and I was out walking around in the middle of it. A friend of mine that I knew from High school was in the national gaurd, he was driving a gaurd truck and stopped to pick me up and drove me to a friends house where I stayed during the rest of the storm. I was walking on snowmobile tracks. I'm in Nashville, TN now and if they got this, HANG IT UP!!!
yucchhiiowwee 1 year ago
I had moved from Scituate by then, but still had friends there. I remember this.
jankafka1 1 year ago
i was living in n andover. like it was said tobogans to the liquer store. think it was the only store open.
nanbourg 1 year ago
My goodness:
1. Approx. 10,000 people were forced into shelters.
2. 2,500 houses were damaged.
3. 54 people died.
4. $2.3 billion worth of damage.
Pegbur 1 year ago
I remember that. I was 17 years old. See on our street nothing was ruined, so I never knew things were that bad any where else. I went outside and all the snow had been plowed up against the telephone poles almost to the top. And it was unusually warm considering all that snow. I climbed to the top of a snow bank, the top of a telephone pole.
Pegbur 1 year ago
my 4 aunts my mom and my uncle all experienced that and they said it was so bad they had to live in many differnt houses
Sizzmaster6985 1 year ago
What an unbelievable experience... my mom and I were snowed in to our home and had to jump from the 2nd floor windows, to get help... 2 days later. The destruction and impact to my home town was stunning! I'll never forget going to see the damage over the next weeks. Houses gone all together or more incredible, half a house gone and the other half left totally in tact, dishes on the table, plants on the mantle. I'll never forget the images from this storm.
GenghisKhanrules 1 year ago
Was living at the FENWAY at this time, thank you for posting this, had no idea it has been so devastating to your commUNITY. You are STRONG and RESILIENT, never GIVE UP! More LOVE!
molinmusic 1 year ago
yeah, but .... what a blast it was !!! My family was living in Scituate and I was in the Back Bay of Boston ... such memories ... In down town Boston we were walking ABOVE the parking meters the snow was so high.
MasterMark123 1 year ago
blizzard 78 baby
stevenlinscott 1 year ago
Drunkest week I ever spent...! Taking my old American Flyer sled to the liquor store.
smegmaboy144 1 year ago
I was in boot camp when I got pictures from my sister. It was a couple of weeks after the storm back then you had no idea what was happening in the world. Scituate
et1usn98 1 year ago
The waves in the hahba
cjsdad12 2 years ago
I was on a ferry sent home from work early bc of the storm.. turned out to be the last ferry -which didn't come back into service til 8 days later! The ferry almost sank about 4 times. Very scarey...
asuzette 2 years ago
remember this like it was yesterday. I was 16 yeras old, and the snow in Lexington was out of control.
paulanyc09 2 years ago
at least 40 inches approximantly 3 and a half feet. you couldnt even get out of your house for 4-5 days, you try to open up the door and it was half way up. school was closed for 4-5 days
rombomb3 2 years ago
I was 6 years old. I was stranded in Revere at my Grammy's house. It was so fun! The guy sitting on top of the phone booth was married to my friend's sister. He has since passed away. Famous picture in Brockton.
empire02302 2 years ago
Were almost about to have a blizzard here in plymouth!
thyssenelevator94 2 years ago
I was 10 living on the South Shore and remember having to walk to the grocery store to get milk. Drive a car? Forget it. The snow was 6 feet high.
goofygoat2009 2 years ago
I lived In this storm. My mom and dad where trapped In there home To them It was The Flood Of 78, I was born Jan,5,1978.
I had hypothermia Because there was no heat. But thanks to god an the national guard We all made it out We had to leave beachmont .
DJlilrascal 2 years ago
WOW I was Six years old and still remember my father putting me over his shoulers to walk to ther store for BEER !!!
Manning713 2 years ago
We were 14 year old boys when the storm hit and I tell ya it was the greatest 5 days of snowbound fun any 14 year old could have!
I think the statue of limitations is covering me for this story as we broke into a certain skating rink and skated for days playing neighborhood pick up hockey games for days, then we turned to Central Junior High in Weymouth and jumped off the roof doing back flips into the snow banks! and on and on the fun never stopped. Wow! The Blizzard of 78 was so much fun!
brosnan7 2 years ago
i was 15 years old and hitchhiked from a foster home to my moms the day it started...was unbelievable!lol...sounds like fun!
raybon530 2 years ago
.I remember the B Of 78. I was 15 years young. Neighbors talking to neighbors that you neevr spoke to before. Going with my folks and brother with our toboggan to BPM in Randolph. It was something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Better times back than. When your neighboirs knew you and your family.
heebieandjeebie 2 years ago
I was living in Wollaston with my great grandma and grandma. I worked on an island off of So. Boston when the blizzard hit. I didn't think we'd make it to the shore huge waves kept going over our ferry and many were getting seasick who had just eaten lunch. Finally we made it the wind was incredible.
asuzette 2 years ago
I was trapped in a dead end street. National guards had to dig us out.
PrayerCoach 2 years ago
I was 6, living in Brockton. When we lost power, I remember my mother kept our milk cold by putting it in a snow bank outside the back door, lol
krystilmist 2 years ago
...I remember this,had to leave work,Derby,Ct, & walked,it took me 6 hrs to get through 10 ft, drifts to next town of Ansonia-Ct. state was closed down Joey Gondola 22 years old of Connecticut,could hardly walk in snow-was brutal
joey71255 2 years ago
A good man and family friend died in that blizzard on a boat out to rescue others rest in peace Last Call Curly
spiceylem0n 3 years ago
If they only could have harnessed all of the hot air in Mike Dukakas, the snow could have been melted away to nothing in a matter of hours. ...True fact!!
Dealit707 3 years ago
I was born 1/10/1978,I have heard all kinds of stories living in Scituate!.The big one will hit again.
Jason.
1Addicted 3 years ago
I was living on a boat in the Hingham Shipyard during the blizzard! Three kids and a small woodstove and no electricity. It was two days before they plowed enough to get out of there. Around midnight we had to use iron pry bars to keep the wires arund the pilings so the dock would blow away. As the water rose and rose they were threatening to come right off the tops of the pilings. The snow felt like needles. It was AWFUL! Ah, the folly of youth! We moved ashore right after that.
cabpoet 3 years ago
wow
lazzzydog9575 3 years ago
I was 9 building igloos under the drifts with seats and a hole in the roof for the make pretend fire in Franklin, Ma. We were safe with a pot belly stove in the living room where we all slept in sleeping bags and kept warm. Drifts covered the back door and roof, but as a 9 year old, I found it fascinating and fun. Didn't realize all the deaths and destruction until I became older.
kbear42 3 years ago
I was 15. We lived in Brockton. My father's new car, a 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis, was stuck on a car carrier on Rte 128. The snowdrifts were over 4 ft, and we couldn't get out the door. I leaned out the bathroom window and took pictures. After 3 days, we were able to get out and walk to the Curtis Compact store, which was about 4 blocks away. My brother, who lived in Westport, MA at the time, was stuck in Rhode Island, and he slept in a funeral home and was helping dig out cars.
jekib 3 years ago
the archival coverage in this is phenomenal!!
excellently and beautifully done!
i was 11 this year, remember staying home from school, sliding off a two story barn into drifts (not so far) below. so much fun for kids!
rubysunshine7 3 years ago
I remember i stayed home from school I was 14
ukaluk 4 years ago
I remember it well! I was sledding off the roof of our house in Dover, MA. Never knew how bad the damage was in Scituate. Man. That year, there was so much snow, it took forever to melt. Was it really 30 years ago already?
zavatone 4 years ago
Nice
girardid 4 years ago