Word: blizzards
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This was the scene along the Massachusetts coast last week, as a mammoth blizzard-the worst since 1888-slammed the Northeast, dropping from 1 to 4 ft. of snow in the latest blast from a whiter of stormy discontent. Raging from Virginia to Maine, the hurricane-like storm killed at least 56 people, caused an estimated half billion dollars' worth of damage and crippled Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for five days...
Providence was particularly hard hit. With main roads impassable after the 26-in. snowfall, Governor J. Joseph Garrahy ordered all Rhode Island businesses, except for grocery stores, to close. Not until this week was the state expected to return to normal. By comparison, the blizzard left New York City paralyzed for a mere 24 hours and entirely spared the Midwest, which was still digging out from a late January blizzard, that region's worst in a century...
...coastal residents, the blizzard meant nearly 40 hours of sudden death and devastation. Winds lashed the seas into 50-ft. waves that smashed hundreds of seaside houses and forced thousands to flee inland. In Revere, Mass., some people clung to the rooftops of their houses. "Twice each day, when the tide came in, I thought I was going to die," said Anthony Chiarella, who retreated to his attic with his dog Sergeant. In Hull, Teacher Martha Fingers and her family rested in shifts so that they would not be caught unaware if the house was about to be swept away...
...some more crank mail and just threw it out. So you probably missed the column in which I announced the dedication of the Blodgett Pool and my prediction that Harvard would beat Princeton by less than five points in the subsequent meet. You also missed my prediction of a blizzard that would force Harvard to shut down for three days...
...those who lost their loved ones, homes, or businesses in the blizzard, The Crimson extends its deepest sympathy. To those who were inconvenienced--especially those students who live off-campus and missed classes because of the administration's ill-conceived decision to reopen on Friday, despite the state's ban on private cars--we extend the hope that even better planning may relieve such troubles in future emergencies. And to everyone, we would like to convey our congratulations for an encouraging display of cooperation and friendship in such a time of distress...