Remembering the monster Blizzard of 1978: Winter sure packed a wallop 45 years ago
It has been 45 years since the Great Blizzard of 1978, and that storm is still a vivid memory for many Michiganders.Over the course of three days -...
It has been 45 years since the Great Blizzard of 1978, and that storm is still a vivid memory for many Michiganders.Over the course of three days - Jan. 25-27 - the Great Lakes state was in the grip of a powerful snow-maker.MLive Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa has described how two storm systems - one swooping down from Canada, and the other barreling up from the Gulf of Mexico - converged just east of Michigan and proceeded to wreak havoc on both our peninsulas.Four people push a car through snow in the Grand Rapids area.