Blizzard of 77 Slideshow

cbeetow Says:

Sep 4, 2009 - Didn't have school for a MONTH! YEEE HAWW... didn't have summer vacation as a result... booooo.

emel703 Says:

Sep 7, 2009 - lol

MsC1953 Says:

Sep 17, 2009 - Great pics - bring back memories of being snowed in at work at Globe Albany for 4 days. The roof of the Niag.Frontier Food Terminal blew off. The wind shook our building all night - we slept in rooms without windows for safety. It was quite an experience! The day it started coworkers set out for lunch on Fri; took hours to get back - it went from sunny to zero visibility in a matter of minutes. I got home Tues. by a circuitous route to find open roads - had to go cross town and haled part way.

qsmile33 Says:

Sep 19, 2009 - Well i know this really happened but it is so hard to believe it, when the sounthernteir always gets all the snow. I wish i got to live through this :)

glassineheart Says:

Sep 20, 2009 - i loved this. the snowdrifts were amazing to climb on after the blizzard itself was over.

LoriLemaris1 Says:

Sep 21, 2009 - Great video. This was the reason I moved south(.!chicken!) I worked at Marine Midland and lived in Cheektowaga. Went to work that morning via Thruway in sunshine...was stuck at work for over 48 hours. They actually declared Marshall Law...or so we heard that night. Missed the 3rd(or 4th) episode of 'Roots' that night. They piled mountains of snow in parks and other places and in June there were still mountains of unmelted snow! I left Bflo 5 yrs later. I only visit in summer. LOL!

Buffalosabskis Says:

Sep 26, 2009 - hahaha this was my mom's first winter in Buffalo. Not the best first Buffalo winter to have, but she stayed and met my dad and had my bro and I. We all still call Buffalo home. GO SABRES.

exodia333 Says:

Sep 27, 2009 - Nice cars and that sucks but at least the kids had a really good snow day :)

Buffalosabskis Says:

Sep 29, 2009 - Try snow 2 weeks haha.

buffalogal36 Says:

Sep 29, 2009 - I moved to Florida in 1955 and decided to go visit family and friends and see snow once again, so flew to Buffalo the week between Christmas and New Year of '77..... Great timing!!! Never went to Buffalo again during winter,(which usually lasts from September to August !!! lol Now live in Georgia.

Buffalosabskis Says:

Sep 30, 2009 - I could not take the HEAT in Florida and Georgia. In -5F I have a normal coat on, but in 78F I am in my house with boxers and a t siting by the ac.

wisper217 Says:

Sep 30, 2009 - I was born during this blizzard never believed my mom til now after all these years lol. We lived Not far from Lake Michigan . Only now my mom hasn't regained all her memory after the stroke she had a few months ago. Thanks for posting as now I belive her finally better late than never.

mikebecker330 Says:

Oct 11, 2009 - I'd welcome death if I was stranded in that blizzard listening to ABBA!!!

Gorowara Says:

Oct 12, 2009 - Man, I remember this...

jamesfkpro Says:

Oct 12, 2009 - at 6:02 it looks like a deadzone

greenlimer Says:

Oct 14, 2009 - Great job on the video with the radio broadcast.

helmuthoorn Says:

Oct 15, 2009 - One year later we did get exactly the same in the Netherlands. Hard to imagine in these days of global warming.

mwadevilg Says:

Oct 15, 2009 - I was 10 years old and lived in West Seneca when this happened. We lived in a ranch style house and the snow drifted all the way up to the roof. When the plows, or should I say front end loaders, finally did get through the streets looked like they were lined with 8 foot walls of snow in front of the houses with openings only where your driveway was.

jam6255 Says:

Oct 23, 2009 - I was 21 years old in the Blizzard of 77 in Buffalo NY. My family, the Monaco's lived on Fargo and Mass. and I assisted the direction of trucks entering the city to get food into town. We moved to Seattle, WA in 1978, 32 years now. I am now 53 years old, and moving to Palm Beach, Florida this winter for the fist time. Thanks for this youtube video and the great memorys! Sincerely, Janice Ann Monaco, Seattle, WA.

e14212 Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - I remember a big fire on the west side, i forget what street it was on but one of the pumpers was frozen to the street! Engine 13 or 9 maybe .? Does anyone have a picture of this ? Let me know please. :o)

algehl Says:

Nov 4, 2009 - I remember being at the corner of Parkside and Jewett by the Buffalo Zoo and the snow on the side of the street was piled so high that when you stood on top of it you were the same height as the traffic light!

Trixyinaz Says:

Nov 6, 2009 - Awesome footage. I was 9 when the Blizzard of '77 blew through. We lived in Niagara Falls on 3rd Avenue and I remember one of my mom's co-workers was stranded at our house with us. As a kid, you don't realize the magnitude of the storm. I remember being scared that night but also excited...NO SCHOOL! And I remember not being able to wait to go outside to play in ALL THAT snow.

thearcangel11 Says:

Nov 10, 2009 - I was sixteen the year this happened. We were in the Watertown area (Jefferson County). My parents got stranded one town over (4 miles away) and couldn't get home for 3 days, It was so BAD, the biggest snowflakes I ever saw and they fell non-stop for days.

seashell61061 Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - I was 16 and THE worst driver in the world! We were in Drivers Ed at the time and being taight to drive on the highway. Could have been the 290. I WAS THE DRIVER! Hehe...My teacher was a mess! One minute it was clear and the next, you couldn't see anything! My teacher thought out loud and said, we could stop and I drive but no one will see us. Keep driving. Obviously we made it back but it was tense.

rainingacid1 Says:

Nov 20, 2009 - The tv had been warning of this storm for days, yet the schools refused to close. I kept my kindergartner home that day, and the storm hit shortly after the bus would have picked her up. The kids stayed all night at the school, trapped in there and sleeping on blankets in the gym. I am so glad I kept her home. My above ground pool had 4 feet of snow on top of it and we could step off the drifts onto the roof.