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Anniversaries: Blizzard of ’78

January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Student searching for his car following the blizzard

January 2008 marks the 30th anniversary of the Blizzard of ’78. Sixty mile per hour winds and an accumulation of a foot of snow cut electrical power to much of northwest Ohio. The National Guard was called up to help with the disaster response.

CAC staff member Ann Bowers documented the event in The Blizzard of ’78 (A Photo Album) and our collections include the photographs used in this publication, as well as many others taken at the time. The December 2002 Archival Chronicle Gallery highlights this and other weather disasters. Still more information about the blizzard can be seen in WBGU-TV’s documentary, presented this month on PBS.

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