It is coming. Winter weather. And snow. Are you ready?
Seasonal snow is often welcome—with local hiking and sledding and skiing and snowshoeing and skating. Then there are the more memorable blizzards and nor’easters that stop everything in their path.
- Did your great-grandparents or grandparents ever talk about the Great White Blizzard of March 1888 that dumped up to 50 inches of snow in Massachusetts and paralyzed communities for days?
- What about the Blizzard of (February) 1978 that dropped 2-4 feet of snow and had winds that blew and blew? That storm brought things to a standstill.
- More recently, do you remember Winter Storm Nemo in February 2013? It wasn’t classed as a blizzard, but it certainly dumped record amounts of snow and has a memorable name.
- And just about 20 years ago, from December 10-12, there was the Downslope Nor’easter of 1992. According to the National Weather Service, it was called “downslope” because it hit the hills hard yet barely had any effect on valley locations. This storm dumped up to 4 feet of snow in the Berkshires with drifts up to 12 feet. Ground things to a halt as well.
What are your storm stories? Where were you and what were you doing when the snow started? Where were you and what were you doing when it ended?
Share your recollections with Meekins. And before the next storm, come and get a good book, movie, or music at the Library to escape into when you get snowed in. Daria D’Arienzo, Meekins Archivist. #throwbackthursday; #tbt.
Posted to Facebook 12/16/2021
