I live in the thumb area. We received over 30" due to the Lake Huron Lake effect snow. On 26th, many kids from the neighborhood got together to shovel driveways of elderly, police, fire, and essential workers (a term we did not have back then but we knew they were important). It was about 8pm when there was a large lightning strike that turned the entire sky blue. The thunder was very loud and some of the younger kids started to cry. Only 1 of 2 times I ever witnessed "thunder snow". After the strom had passed, the counter clock wise rotation brought in extremely cold temperatures from the Artic. Temperatures dropped to -20F and school was shut for 2 weeks. Our water pipes froze so we had to live with my Aunt in the city. My Mom got sick and I had to walk for a mile in about -30 wind chills to the pharmacy, which was closed. I finally found a small general store open as the owners lived above the store. They let me stay in the store to warm up before I had to go back. They gave me a chocolate bar because I was a good boy to help my mother. I ended up with some minor frost bite on my feet. However, it was a great time to spend indoors with my Mother and cousins. We played board games, charades and made popcorn and drank Faygo Pop until we could not have many more. It was one of the best quality times I remember with my extended family.

Long story short I ended up driving a tow truck for 3 days catching a nap when I had time in the white out of 78. Made more money in 3 days than I did at my regular job in a month + had a good time and got to know many good people.

I was 9yrs old. I remember it well. We lost power during the worst part of the storm when the winds were topping out My grandparents still had heat so we walked to their house. They lived 150 yards north of us. My mom was 5 months pregnant with my brother. My dad carried me. It took us 45 min to make the trip on foot. I will never forget it.

we Lived in Genesee County. My Dad was a Sgt in the Flint police....he was gone for 48 hrs helping rescue people. Thankfully our power was only out for 2 days.

I too remember this snow storm. We built tunnels and caves in the snow. I had fun but being a grown up with a job and kids must have been difficult.

M-59 was a 2 lane road thru Highland Township only 1 lane was open and only 4 wheel drive trucks could get down it, Hickory Ridge Rd had a Road Commission grader with a huge plow on the front stuck in the middle of the road along with several cars. Me and my father were on our snowmobiles and stopped to look at the grader, after a few minutes we noticed their were car's under our snowmobiles. We went down Hickory Ridge to M-59 then came back and we counted 14 car's that we drove over. Only way to tell was the dip in between cars. School was closed for a week or more. My neighbor went in to labor and we had to pull her behind a snowmobile all the way to M-59 and Milford Rd were an Ambulance was waiting for us because they couldn't get any further west on M-59. It was a blast as a kid.

We were living on a farm in Perry, MI. We dug a tunnel through the 8 foot drifts between our home and our next neighbor's house! This tunnel was used for the next 5 days to maintain contact with our neighbor.

Fast forward to today and if we get 1 inch of snow they call it a winter weather advisory and say stay home

I remember this storm i was 8 years old my family home did not lose power we were blessed

Im from Grandrapids ,Michigan ,I was in the 8th grade ,at South middle middle, that ,middle school is a Job Corps.The schools were all closed ., people was getting around by snowmobile . grocery stores were closed ...chilling memories.Donna Summer , was , kicking butt on the charts ..Dim all the lights ...shevel all that snow,! The seventies was , a timeless era. The best times ever...the memories,that snowy blizzard .........burr , michigans blizzard of 1978!

I was living in detroit at the time and I remember going out to help a lot of people whose cars got stuck trying to turn the corner in front of my apartment.

I am from Michigan. Benton Harbor. Lived through this white hell. Played with my brothers in this wicked white out. God bless all who died.

Best time of my 6th grade year in Coldwater, Michigan. We were out of school for what seemed like two weeks.

I survived the blizzard of a 1978 .

If you had a snowmobile then - you were golden. We lived downtown, and everything was closed down for days.

I lived in Grand Rapids during this storm. The snow drifted up to the eaves of our house in the front, and when I opened to front door, it was a wall of snow. We were able to get out the back door and that's where our neighbor's on their snow mobiles were taking orders for bread, milk, etc . They had those plastic sleds tied to the back and brought us back supplies.

What a storm that one was. I was 24 and loved not having to go to work for a few days. I had my own home in Clarkston MI and remembering how long it took to shovel my 60-foot driveway. I was young and full of energy and loved snow back then. Now, I like the mild winters we've been having. Cycles come and they go, so I am sure in time we will have winters with plenty of snow and cold temperatures. I can remember not that long ago two winters in a row that were very cold and plenty of snow. I can remember those winters easily, because I walked nearly every day at the park with my beloved Beagle-Baset Tootsie. She was an amazing companion. It was never too cold for that little darling. In fact, she loved the cold more than the hot summer for walking. I can remember plowing through snow up to my thighs so Tootsie could follow in my tracks. That year for the first time I saw a snowplow on a train clearing the tracks. Now I have all the equipment to deal with heavy snowfalls. If I don't use it during the winter, that is just fine with me. Well, let's see what Mother Nature has in store for the rest of the winter months. Hopefully, nothing severe. Thanks for taking me back to that amazing snowstorm. Oh, to be in my twenties again. Life goes buy so quickly.

Michigan doesn't get weather like this anymore, I wish I was alive to witness this blizzard..

I too remember this snowstorm. I was 11 years old and lived in Madison Heights, Michigan. It was absolutely surreal. I think we got over 20 inches of snow in just one day! However, as a kid growing up in the frozen wasteland of southeastern, Michigan, I absolutely loved it! The school system canceled classes for a few days and we kids made endless fortresses out of the snow drifts (which were ten feet high). I will never forget that snow storm as long as I live!

I lived in the country, in Allendale about 20 mins east of Grand Rapids. When the snowplows made it to our secondary rural roads, the drifts would blow over basically filling the roads only minutes after the plow went threw. The height of the snow on the sides of the road were much higher than your car. My dad at first was pulling people out of the ditch with his 4-wheel drive pickup. Then later, both my parents using their snowmobiles took neighbors to the store. Us kids went outside in our snowmobile suits, slid off the roof of the shed into a snow drift that wasn't too far from the top of the shed. I was 13 at the time and remember how happy my brothers and sisters and I were that we didn't have school for over a week. Those storms were an awesome event for a kid who was safe, warm inside their home.

We were living on a farm in Perry, MI. We dug a tunnel through the 8 foot drifts between our home and our next neighbor's house! This tunnel was used for the next 5 days to maintain contact with our neighbor. Drifts or our live dock barn were only 3 feet so we had access to keep the cattle, goats, and sheep fed and watered in the barn.

Love of my life and I holed up and went out once to get um ice cream... and Chelsea schools where I taught were closed for almost two weeks because school buses couldn't stay on the domed icy backroads. It took forever. What a memorable storm it was.

I live near Cheboygan south of the Mackinac Bridge. . We got well over 2 feet of snow and heavy winds. People use common sense and most stayed home.

I'm a musician, and I was booked to play in several cities in west and central Michigan during this storm. It really was amazing. I've never driven through so many white outs in my life! The city streets were like driving through tunnels because of the snow being plowed and piled up on the sides of the streets, at least 20 feet high.

I worked at one of the Prisons in Ionia. My shift had to stay for two days straight as the other shifts couldn't make it in as the Governor closed all the roads.

In St Louis Michigan. My best friend. Isolated 3 days in the country. She couldn't get into town. Roads unforgivable. My father's home was one of the few that had power electricity. My best friend in 1978 our senior year. Made it to my home, stayed and showerr for the first time in three or four days. Plus was able to cook. It was devastating. Anyone who had snowshoes, snowmobiles, Cross Country Skis, downhill skis, sleds or toboggans were using them. Many lost their lives. Not in my small Hometown I don't remember that anyone lost their lives too heart attack or exposure. I am not for sure it's been many years. It was both beautiful and scary. We all felt like Warriors and survivors as we came through this.

I was snowed in a gas station that I worked at for 3 days in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Luckily I was able to eat vending machine food, (snacks)..I will never forget it because my oldest daughter was born that year of 78. The owner of the gas station must have tide on a 3 day drunk and when he came into the station he was so drunk, he chased me around the the garage with a crowbar yelling he was going to kill me. Needless to say, that was my last day working at any gas station. I never did find out what his problem was..

i lived in lincoln park michigan south of Detroit i was 19 and we had a whole lot more than 8 inches bet you that but we never lost power we were blessed i guess.

I'm from Niles Michigan and remember this like it was yesterday

I was 20 ,at least we had heat.From gas.I remember that as if it was yesterday. Cars were Buried .6 ft snow drifts in Lansing. I had a 4 week old baby and a two year old.went to my parents.

I lived in white lake Michigan when this hit, off oxbow Lake. It snowed past our first story windows, our basement sliding glass door and windows was covered we could reach out the top of the second story windows and touch the snow

Lately we’ve been getting some pretty bad blizzards but this must’ve been a nightmare.

I used to live in Michigan, I miss it😞💔

I was 8 1/2 when this blizzard hit. I lived in Grand Rapids. Even though I have a VERY good memory of my childhood---I don't particular remember this. I believe, for me, it was just another few days off from school due to snow. I didn't realize it was a record breaking snow storm.

I remember this storm well I was 14 in 1978. We got hammered in New York.. What a storm. No school it was great.🤧

I was a newborn. But I grew up hearing about it and seeing photos that my father took of the snow drifts. We lived in the trailer park at the bottom of the hill on Buchanan, just north of 28th st. I heard y'all got some good snow coming. Stay warm.

I remember this blizzard I was in Kindergarten... living in Big Rapids. We were snowed in for two weeks.

I was 7, in Ludington. I remember fun. The snow drifted so high, i made a fort tall enough to stand in. Our sheds and cars were buried. My friend and i walked onto our roof.

I remember the Blizzard well My dad Brother and I spent Days digging out we did not have a Snow Thrower back then so it was all shovels. The snow nearly reached the top of the House, My Dad Cleared the Roof on his own he would not allow us on the Roof. The Snow he was shoveling off we were on the ground pilling it up away from the house so we had a Wall of Snow around the House. 3 years later we would have another Blizzard in 81 although not as bad as 78 this one packed a good amount of snow and wind we lost power in that one for 3 days.

Remember it well lived in sterling hgts.Good old Greentrees days home for wks playing in the snow 👍

I remember that storm I was about 15 years old we lost power for about 3 days everything was frozen solid, the tree branches, and the power lines snapped like twigs. We ended up staying at my mothers aunt house she lived about 7 miles away she had heat and a fireplace.

i was 7 and lived in lansing, and i remember it well...lol, my friend's big brothers built the SWEETEST snow fort; that thing had like 4 giant rooms connected with tunnels, multiple entrances/exists, and even skylights (red saucer sleds covering little holes in the roof)! 🤣

I was 16, the snow banks were so high, I remember having to pull out in the middle of the intersection to see if cars were coming.

I was there, I lived in New Hudson back then. I was just finishing my first trimester with my youngest daughter...fun times!

My school was closed for 2 weeks in Traverse City. If we got a storm like this today it wouldn't be so bad. The snow removal equipment is so much better now. And every other person owns a snowplow. But back in 78 there was like 2 or 3 people in town that had a plow truck and the county plows were very slow.

Now we can say we survived the 2023 ice storm. That was the scariest storm in my memory

I was delivering news papers for the Dayton Daily news when this hit, I was on a moped and boy did I have fun was only 14yrs old then, I received a trophy from Dayton Daily news for being one of few paper boys to complete his route.

Wait, you mean they didn't buy up all the toilet paper?!

I remember this! I was in elementary school & we got to have a couple snow days!

8" for detroit? I lived in Wayne, we had more than 8"

My father is the picture of the horse with the sleigh ,he had went to town and got a few needed supplies. The horse 🐎 misty had all it could about a half mile from the house, so dad unhiched and walk her home pulling sleigh by hand after the horse was back.

I was living in kalamazoo BACK THEN MY HOme TOWN I REMEMBER IT ALL

I was conceived during this blizzard.

IT SAID 36 INCHES OF SNOW FOR MUSKEGON I LIVED THERE THEN I BELIEVE WE GOT MORE THEN THAT

Grew up in Pontiac I was in 8th grade at the time.

I lived in Midland in 1978 and I am from Hawaii and I thought I was going to die in the blizzard of 1978 because I never lived with snow prior 😂

1:19 before you laugh, remember alcohol has other uses besides just drinking. Among them, it will melt ice in sub zero weather.

In January of 1978 I had just turned 21, and a couple months prior had decided to see what 'winter without snow' was like. _I spent that winter in California wearing shorts and chasing bikinis._

I believe this information us Very incorrect. the year was 77 and NOT 78

Some say this will happen again winter of 2018

TP not on the list!!!😂😂😂