dweese Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 My grandfather has told me stories about using plows and blowers off CFB Trenton to clear the roads in Prince Edward County during this storm. https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/blizzard-of-1977-meteorological-analysis-canada-niagara/78699 Couldn't imagine this today... the world would come to a stand still until June... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02Sled Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I remember that. Massive snow everywhere. There were entrepreneurs selling t-shirts about having survived the blizzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Pussy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I was working in Stratford and we could not leave the plant until about 10 pm. I drove home to Milverton with very bad visibility in a 1975 Dodge Coronet 2wd car. Today no one would have the guts to do that. That is how we got around. The next morning all roads around the town of Milverton were not passable. The police did not have to go out and put up road closed barriers. The snow did that already. BP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02Sled Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Few people had snowblowers back then. It was shovel power to clear your driveway. Of course that chore fell to me an my brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnj Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I was.............. 5yrs old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02Sled Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 20 for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobills Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Not even a thought yet lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupkids Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I was 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baylaker Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Man that's a crazy amount of snow! Really wish we could get half of that right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamforlife Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I was 17 - grew up in Hamilton - no schools for a week. We drove down Highway 20 on a 1976 arctic Cat Jag getting people out of cars, remember stopping and realizing there was a car under us…it was crazy! Never forget it - scary but fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinderFab Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I was just over 30 days old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamatario Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I think blizzard of 71 was worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweese Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 13 hours ago, Yamatario said: I think blizzard of 71 was worse. My wife was born in Cornwall the weekend of the 71 storm... She came home from the hospital on a snowmobile.. Hasn't like sledding since LOL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 4 hours ago, dweese said: My wife was born in Cornwall the weekend of the 71 storm... She came home from the hospital on a snowmobile.. Hasn't like sledding since LOL... Damn knee breakin' Hus Ski possibly. That would do it! I rode down in the step well of our high school bus with the door open a bit telling Ken the driver when I saw a hydro pole. We got home the 12 miles inland from Goderich but just barely. My best friend rode on our bus as he knew his bus which ran side roads wouldn't make it. I had to take him home so he could do chores, as he was the one running the family farm at age 14. We took my dad's Hus Ski. Couldn't see much on the 3 mile trip. At one point on his road we were going along and all of a sudden the handlebar of the Hus Ski came down hard on my knees as we it a huge drift on the road. It went up over the drift and we got to Bill's place OK. My ride home was a bit better as I could see some of my tracks made on the way to Bill's. We were off school for most of a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbiz Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 17 hours ago, Yamatario said: I think blizzard of 71 was worse. I agree for a couple of reasons. I was on my way from Alliston to Barrie when the storm was just getting into high gear. I made it to Thornton where my pickup truck had had enough of drift busting and quit. I got backed into a farm laneway and walked a short distance into the village. Went to the only garage in town and I went with the tow truck to bring my pickup to the garage. We where the only vehicle on the road by that time. We towed it to the garage where it stayed for four days until highway 27 was plowed using dozers and graders to clear the snow. The above was the first reason to rate the 71 storm as the worst, the second reason was based on Thornton not having any 5 star lodging available and I ended up in a nice Ladies house on the main street, sleeping in a double bed for three night with a rather large truck driver who was also storm stayed in the village. I can tell you, it's hard to get a good nights sleep with one eye and both ears trained on any movement from the other side of that bed!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledguy74 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I was 3 in 1977. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reved Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 1977 was grade 9. I had other things on my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catinental couch Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Me too. I was married in 1978 but I was still racing sleds. Had you fooled didn't I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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