FULTON, NY – Rotarian Colin Hogan introduced Jim Farfaglia, who talked about his book “Blizzard of ‘66” at a recent meeting.
He recounted many wonderful stories that he learned while writing the book. It took him about 1 ½ years of research to finish it.
The storm of ’66 was a combination of a lake effect and nor’easter storms, with winds up to 60 mph.
It was a very difficult time for many, but the good news is there were no fatalities in Oswego County due to the storm.
Farfaglia gives credit to SUNY Oswego professor Bob Sykes, a local radio broadcaster, who kept the local community up to date with the latest storm information for a period of more than 40 hours on WSGO.
According to the National Weather Service, the storm produced around 71 inches.
But the people who lived it, say that it was closer to the 100-inch mark.
Farfaglia told stories about Father Fuchs who snowshoed to a house to help out a family stranded, about a home delivery (a baby), and many other stories of snowmobilers helping out their neighbors that needed groceries.
Even Walter Cronkite mentioned Oswego on his news broadcast.
Farfaglia was full of information about the storm.
His book is available at the Fulton Public Library and the river’s end bookstore in Oswego.
His next book is on “Oswego County Search and Rescue.”
Anyone with stories on this organization, please contact him. He would love to hear your story, and it might end up in his book.
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