Blizzard of 77 Slideshow

SteelMan036 Says:

Feb 10, 2010 - o my god the voices in this video made me have an anxiety attack! this is honestly kinda scary!

aspenarabian Says:

Feb 12, 2010 - Thank you for making and posting this video! I was 12 and living in West Seneca during the blizzard. My father was able to get home from work just before the roads closed in. Our house was buried, so when Dad went up on the roof to clear off some snow, we went up with him and sledded right into the back yard. Walls of snow along the driveway got so high we used a wheelbarrow to move it out in the yard. Thanks to your video, my 11-year-old can see how it compares to the MD blizzard of 2010.

sbubbb Says:

Feb 13, 2010 - Are you people kidding me. All the comments talk about anxiety and panic..........I was a freshman in high school, and I guess it should have been a little scary trying to get to my mom and grandmother, who were out shopping and decided rightly they couldn't drive in this.........We had to take a roundabout way and it took about 2 hours to drive a ten minute drive, but I don't remember being scared at all.........We got home, and that was that. Turned on the last episode of Roots

marcN19 Says:

Feb 13, 2010 - I was a kid in the UK in 1977 and we had a similar winter... 50ft waves hit the east coast and it was awesome to watch....Panic? No way... we loved it

jamariogoon Says:

Feb 13, 2010 - im pretty sure it was really bad in the niagara region (Canada) as well

mrsparex Says:

Feb 16, 2010 - Snow cream!

tjfreak Says:

Feb 16, 2010 - @sbubbb My family and I lived in E Amherst from start to end. I was 11 & too young to understand the real seriousness of the blizzard,it was overwhelming, exciting and stopped time for days on end.The storm was much more than the accumulated sow fall,it was all the bizarre components that contributed,the extremely high winds,thunder& lightning,sleet,rain,sub zero tempsdarkness,I moved to Chicago summer 77 and in 78 a record snow storm hit the area,they imported BNYsnow crews to aid

sbubbb Says:

Feb 17, 2010 - @tjfreak - I was probably too stupid at 14 to understand the seriousness.........For some reason, I never thought we weren't going to make it home. It just took 10X longer than it should have.........I don't remember lightning, and I can assure you there was no rain with those temperatures!........But, the wind is what really technically made it a blizzard. It was insane.

popspop71 Says:

Feb 18, 2010 - I grew up along L Erie just south of Buff. In 77 I lived in the hills 30 miles SE in Wyoming County. We got more snow than Buff.(always do) but out there it was just another windy snowy day. TAKE NOTE: that 3 ft of snow on the lake ice, strong winds and low temps are what made this blizzard so bad in the city. "The perfect storm".

popspop71 Says:

Feb 19, 2010 - I should have added: With winds that strong and temperatures that cold this wasn't the "powder" that skiers look for. It packs like concrete. I have had to use a round nosed shovel to dig it at times.

tommyt1971 Says:

Feb 25, 2010 - Yup, t'was like some giant came along & POOF, blew all the accumulation right into the region! My dad got stranded downtown & some yutz stole my mother's snow shovel when she came in briefly to check on us!

DjiThor Says:

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BearsysRevenge Says:

Feb 27, 2010 - Buffalo has more days with temperatures over 60F than we do with snow on the ground. We are sunnier than Orlando, Fl. and we're considered the "Sunshine Capital of the Northeast". Now, will you smug out-of-towners please aim your climatological condescension at more appropriate targets?

Danimal14222 Says:

Mar 20, 2010 - He was absolutely right...75 mph wind peaks at -10 F...how long do you think you'd last?I was in 1st grade, and I got dropped off at my corner at 6PM Friday-- the day the storm hit-- because the bus couldn't make it down a side street.In what was ordinarily a three minute walk, my hat, gloves, and scarf blew off, and the snowpile in my driveway was taller than me. If not for my mom standing at the front window, I'd have frozen to death in minutes. I'll never forget it.What now?

foxxyryan Says:

Mar 22, 2010 - halo

captainimij Says:

Apr 19, 2010 - I was 8 years old and we had a blast.

LetArtsLive Says:

Apr 21, 2010 - in oakfield we were stranded for 2 weeks.& 70 mph gusts

bfrance2002 Says:

Apr 27, 2010 - At 3.57 it is a military 6x6 pulling the car out Maybe an m816. But it has added tow bar so it was probably privet owned from a military surplus.

Eldorado14216 Says:

May 6, 2010 - Is that a young Sandy Beach giving the stay in your car warning?

taryndancer29 Says:

May 18, 2010 - i love how theyre playing abba!

spiner507 Says:

Jun 1, 2010 - Lets hope this doesn't happen again

laura20022004 Says:

Jul 6, 2010 - 2:18 that poor dog

outsidetherain1 Says:

Jul 12, 2010 - When this blizzard hit I was living in a big old house that was heated by water radiators. I remember my dad getting stranded at work in the city. I stayed on the phone with him all night keeping him posted on what was being said on T.V. while my mom and brother were in the basement trying to unfreeze our water pipes so they wouldn't burst. Me and my brother and sisters slept in our winter coats and mittens the first few nights and still froze all night. I would do it all again. It was a blast.

redlackawanna Says:

Jul 19, 2010 - I was out of school for a week!!! I was in 7th grade

BNforever2009 Says:

Jul 24, 2010 - and they have this kind of storms in alaska every winter!!!!