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Jeff James
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Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 06:44 pm |
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Remember the Blizzard of 77? There is a great book out called White death - The Blizzard of 77 it was written by Erno Rossi it is basically a compilation of stories from people who survived the storm. I was just a kid during this storm but have some pretty cool memories of it.
It may sound twisted but I wish I could experience a storm like this now as an adult, I would love it.
Last edited on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 11:42 pm by Jeff James
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Jeff James
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Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 11:39 pm |
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Blizzard of 77 pics
East Main St, Welland Ontario, Friday afternoon Jan 28, 1977
Welland Tribune photo
A school bus lies buried in a snowdrift after being abandoned on Tice Road in Pelham, Ontario. Many children were stranded at schools, especially in rural areas as buses could not transport children back home in the blinding blizzard.
By the 4th day, houses and vehicles near Lake Erie were being buried by drifts of 20 to 30 feet high. Warnings were broadcast on radio warning people not to touch hydro wires that were now easily reached by walking on the huge drifts.
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dokdok
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Posted: Wed Nov 5th, 2008 12:21 am |
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Hey, I owned a car like that!
Them were the days when you had rear wheel drive and 2000000 hp (minus a few zero's!) and gas was about 40-50 cents a gallon. Cars weighed about 4 tonne and you could fish tale that tank thru snow piled 10 feet high and hope ya made it thru to the other side (steel studded tires helped too!) ... hahaha .. Holy Sh@t I'm getting old  .
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Jeff James
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Posted: Wed Nov 5th, 2008 12:31 am |
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LOL Dok. I owned a few wrecks like that, If I had my way I would still be driving something from the 70's.
The toughest car ever built in that era was the Chrysler Imperial. The only car EVER to be banned from demolition derby's because they were just to tough and could not be killed.
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horseshoe
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Posted: Wed Nov 5th, 2008 01:00 am |
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oh those were the days ...i remember storms like that ...thanks jeff neat pix..i remember a storm like that when i worked in Richmond hill ...I lived 5 mins from werk and it took me 90 mins to get there...and i think that was the storm ...
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dokdok
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Posted: Wed Nov 5th, 2008 01:11 am |
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Hey, yanno I left one of those wrecks sitting on a farm we lived in near Ingersol years ago. Wonder if she's still there (dreamin'!)
Anyway, thanks for the pics Jeff.... took me back to some good times, even if the snow was 20 feet high .... hahaha
Some great memories  droolin' ~dokdok
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Just Peachy
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Posted: Wed Nov 5th, 2008 02:32 am |
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| The sled on top of the school bus looks like a Elan 250... If I get mine working it will be on the ice, it is a 76 Elan. My grandfather bought it brand new because of the storms we were getting in the mid 70's!
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dokdok
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Posted: Thu Nov 6th, 2008 03:37 am |
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Hope to see it runnin' JP! Can I have a ride!?!
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dokdok
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Posted: Thu Nov 6th, 2008 03:41 am |
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Put together a quick slide show... thought I'd better get this developed before the next snow fall !
Anyway, here's a slide of the GFO fall time colors. Thanks for your pics!
I hope to have a down loadable slide show ready soon. This should be able to run on your desktop. ~dokdok
Well, I may be having technical difficulty ... hahaha, not sure if the slide can be seen in this post ...
If not, Try this link:
http://w289.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w289.photobucket.com/albums/ll206/dokdok_album/fishing/GoFishOnt/eef2546d.pbw
Last edited on Thu Nov 6th, 2008 03:51 am by dokdok
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Mike S
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Posted: Thu Nov 6th, 2008 05:20 am |
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| Great job DokDok!! lots of smiles in the pics and me as well while I view them!
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Just Peachy
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Posted: Thu Nov 6th, 2008 11:29 am |
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| Way to go docdoc! Ya did great job, thanks.
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horseshoe
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Posted: Thu Nov 6th, 2008 11:43 am |
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havin to werk today but that aput a smile on my face before i leave...great job dok dok...what a handsum group there ...
horseshoe
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dokdok
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Posted: Thu Nov 6th, 2008 02:43 pm |
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Thanks Guys, glad you liked it! 
Fall time Pics now complete! droolin' ~dokdok
Last edited on Tue Nov 11th, 2008 10:58 am by dokdok
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dokdok
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Posted: Tue Nov 11th, 2008 10:57 am |
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Falltime pic slide show is now complete ... (I'm limited to the number of pics used).
I've added a few new ones!
Thought I'd thank everyone again for your help and I hope you have a safe winter fishing season droolin' ~dokdok
Updated 11-Nov-08
http://w289.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w289.photobucket.com/albums/ll206/dokdok_album/fishing/GoFishOnt/eef2546d.pbw
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horseshoe
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Posted: Tue Nov 11th, 2008 12:17 pm |
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hey i see you added a few new pixz ...still great .,..job well done pat pat
thanks
Horseshoe
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