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Dukakis ordered all schools and non-essential businesses throughout the state to close for two days and banned all traffic except emergency and snow removal vehicles. He called the state’s 8,500 National Guard service members to duty to remove snow from the roads and help stranded motorists...
Members of Kirkland House frolicked in the snow in their bathing suits, pausing only briefly to pose for a Crimson photographer. Snow sculptures abounded in the Yard...
...Harvard University will close only for an act of God, such as the end of the world,” said former Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III during a similar snow storm in 1977 when the University continued its operations as usual...
...even this Harvard tradition had to bend on Feb. 6, 1978, when the infamous Blizzard of ’78 struck Massachusetts, shutting down the state for nearly a week. The morning after the storm began, The Crimson reported wind gusts of up to 92 miles per hour and snow accumulation of eight to 16 inches. Thousands of residents were evacuated from the coastal towns of Hull, Revere and Winthrop, which faced serious flooding...
...dining halls. Despite shortages of food and dining hall staff, all undergraduate dining halls remained open, with students filling in for dining hall workers who were unable to get to work. Some workers at the Freshman Union dining hall remained at Harvard overnight, after realizing Monday evening that the snow was too heavy to allow them to travel home...