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The Great Blizzard of 1978 (Ohio History) Intro- -Jan 25, 1978- 	 After an ordinary Wednesday, the people of Ohio laid down to get some rest with only the previous forecast stating ''Rain tonight, possibly mixed with snow at times. [It will be] windy and cold Thursday with snow flurries.” Little did the citizens of Ohio know that the following Thursday would be most treacherous and memorable snow storm in Ohio’s history. This devastating weather storm produced more than fifty fatalities and the minimum of one-hundred million dollars in damage. For the state and many families, the outcomes on this storm would never be forgotten, especially if a loved one was lost. Record Breaking Storm- This blizzard could be mistaken for a white hurricane. The winds, precipitation, devastation, and the size resembled another type of storm that had not ever been witnessed. A barometer in the Akron-Canton airport measured for 28.33 inches at the time of 3:47 a.m. on Jan 26, 1978. Bob Alto, a retired meteorologist was actually stranded in this airport for a total of 58 hours. Three men were inside the airport and were to keep the forecasts updated all hours of the day. Our trace on our barograph went down like a funnel, Alto said. ''It looked like a big, sharp V. It just went straight down and it came straight up. But we had to change the chart because it was going off our chart. So we had to recalibrate it and put another chart on to get the rest of the trace.'' This obviously was a surprising reading to the meteorologists considering they could not measure the storm accurately to their charts. The temperature dropped drastically from 34 to 13 between five and six a.m. The temperature finally closed in to nearly zero degrees when the actual wind chill gave off a glacial feeling of 60 below zero. Winds were recorded to have peaked over 100 miles per hour with sustained 50-60 mph gales. The storm continued for about 2 days. These readings and statistics have made history and will help this storm to be remembered forever. Routines Frozen- During the drastic blizzard it seems that life had actually froze in place. Schools were closed, jobs, factories, restaurants did not open, and the only ones out were the people trying to help the cities stay intact. Farmers’ products were ruined, and due to lack of electricity milking was cut down, even their cows were dying from the cold. Even if they were able to put out their products for no one was capable of reaching the actual product. Money was lost, and people did not work. However, the ones that did attend their jobs were people working inside of hospitals, the police department, but others that worked outside were state patrol and firefighters. Most civil jobs were used to assemble and initiate rescue groups. Rescue groups were sent around many locations in Ohio to shut down shelters, either to provide food or to carry stranded citizens to a more suitable location until the storm calmed down. What exactly could be classified as a blizzzard?- To be considered to be called a blizzard, for a storm must put out consistent wind and frequent peaks that are more than 35mph. The snow requirement must be sustained to which causes a visibility of less than 1/4 of a mile for over three hours. Temperatures usually range from 20 degrees to 10 degrees. A severe blizzard can be identified by gusts of up to 45mph and higher. The visibility range would be considered zero and the temperature would be maintained under 10 degrees. With all of these facts about blizzards, it could be concluded that the blizzard of 1978 extended well over the needed requirements to be considered "severe", and could be classified by being one of the worst blizzards in Ohio history.

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Kilak1234 (talk) 16:57, 19 March 2013 (UTC)