Blizzard of ’66 Remembered

by Submitted article | March 14, 2016 6:46 am

VOLNEY – When the Blizzard of ’66 barreled into Central New York, the city of Oswego got a lot of news coverage from the storm, with its 102-inch snowfall total as recorded by SUNY Oswego meteorology professor and WSGO weatherman Bob Sykes.

But right down the road from the Port City, Fulton got more than its share of snow, too.

But nobody knows exactly how many inches fell in that city.

“The blinding snow and powerful winds were so severe during the blizzard that the person manning the weather observation station couldn’t even get to the site to do his daily measurement,” said Jim Farfaglia, author of a new book about the infamous weather event, Voices in the Storm: Stories from the Blizzard of ’66.

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Blizzard of ’66 and the Volney History Center hope you will join us to relieve those four days at the Volney town hall on Route 3, Volney Center, on April 24 at 2 p.m.

Farfaglia will share his stories and PowerPoint presentation.

Everyone has a story to tell, come and share yours.

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