They didn't call it the Great White Hurricane for nothing. Winds were well over 100 MPH, I was 12 y/o and in 7th grade, We were dismissed early the previous day , before it started, The junior high principal announced, "Go straight home" .. I remember how scared he sounded. It was lightly raining then.
The next morning at 4;30 am, I woke up to hear wind, howl like I have never heard since. I was in Clyde Ohio then. We had gas stove and cooking by flashlight. I also remember after school resumed about 7 days later that we were walking in the street between 8 - 10 feet snow canyon walls. All of the walks were still buried, The National Guard was brought in to help clear roads.
Storms like that stay with you, and people still make fun of you about getting milk, bread before storms, But they've never been through anything like that. And 4 WD don't go through snow that high or they still slip/slide on ice, they get too cocky nowadays.
They didn't call it the Great White Hurricane for nothing. Winds were well over 100 MPH, I was 12 y/o and in 7th grade, We were dismissed early the previous day , before it started, The junior high principal announced, "Go straight home" .. I remember how scared he sounded. It was lightly raining then.
The next morning at 4;30 am, I woke up to hear wind, howl like I have never heard since. I was in Clyde Ohio then. We had gas stove and cooking by flashlight. I also remember after school resumed about 7 days later that we were walking in the street between 8 - 10 feet snow canyon walls. All of the walks were still buried, The National Guard was brought in to help clear roads.
Storms like that stay with you, and people still make fun of you about getting milk, bread before storms, But they've never been through anything like that. And 4 WD don't go through snow that high or they still slip/slide on ice, they get too cocky nowadays.