tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14431938.post2510250564941388453..comments2023-10-24T10:46:14.178-04:00Comments on Valley Weather: The Blizzard of 1971SBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12210859159923744663noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14431938.post-19224814662553505042016-08-16T20:35:02.850-04:002016-08-16T20:35:02.850-04:00I was 7 years old when this storm happened. We liv...I was 7 years old when this storm happened. We lived in the Eastern Townships and got a lift from our neighbor to drive us to my Grand-Parents on the South shore of Montreal. He was going to Montreal and would drop us off on the way and pick us back up the next day to come back home. None of us made it to our destinations, we got stuck on road 229 between Rougemont and St-Jean-Baptiste. I remember we got out of the car. I remember following my dad holding the back of his coat, I could barely see him a couple feet in front of me. We were lucky enough to get stuck in front of a house, the only one for a couple miles. Two other families were stuck on that road and made it to that house. They took us all in, they were ready to welcome their family members that never showed up because of the storm. I remember flashes of all the people in that house, kids getting to know each other. I remember it was like a big party and everyone looked happy. The next day I remember looking at my dad and our neighbor trying to find the car. They found it because they saw the antenna poking through the snow.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959565410374815477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14431938.post-53879931705808700042015-02-18T18:17:27.375-05:002015-02-18T18:17:27.375-05:00I was 9 years old at the time living on Gilles Str...I was 9 years old at the time living on Gilles Street in Pierrefonds. I shovelled driveways to earn money and I must have shovelled for days! I remember they had to use big D-9 Caterpillar bulldozers to clear the streets because the snow was to heavy to push by regular plows.Snowmobiles were used to get to the sick and transport medicines to those stuck at home. Now I live in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island where we had only a dusting of snow (back in Oct/Nov 2014) this Winter (so far)! Do not miss the snow now that I am in my fifties eh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952870628952495295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14431938.post-38259108896547948452012-12-28T10:32:16.443-05:002012-12-28T10:32:16.443-05:00Hi Everyone!! My name is Sarah and I work with the...Hi Everyone!! My name is Sarah and I work with the CBC here in Montreal. We would really, realllllyyy love to talk to a few of you abuot your experience in 1971. Could you please give me a call at 514 597-6367 or at sarah.mcmahon-sperber@cbc.ca? We'd like to talk to you for today's Radio Noon! <br />Cheers!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977136755272795356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14431938.post-11804421516159578332012-01-07T22:07:55.578-05:002012-01-07T22:07:55.578-05:00I remember this vividly. I was just an 8 year old ...I remember this vividly. I was just an 8 year old boy living in Pierrefonds Quebec on Thorndale ave when this happened. My father and a neighbour cleaned the street with snowblower's the next day and the weather was warm. When the street was clear there was a huge block party it was alot of fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14431938.post-76271607030563800312011-03-04T14:39:09.858-05:002011-03-04T14:39:09.858-05:00In addition to the 47cm of snow, the problems were...In addition to the 47cm of snow, the problems were compounded by an ongoing Montreal blue-collar union strike which meant that streets were not being cleared as the snow fell. Police were using snowmobiles to reach people in the city, and buses remained wherever they became stuck for up to a week. Schools were also closed for the week and stores ran out of supplies since trucks could not make deliveries. While I remember it as being quite a fun adventure, for many it was a real nightmare.Wes Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352402755142448440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14431938.post-30143733864321567632011-02-20T18:38:57.954-05:002011-02-20T18:38:57.954-05:00My daughter was born on the morning of this storm!...My daughter was born on the morning of this storm!!! We didn't make it to the hospital but the ambulance was able to take us to the Roxboro Clinic on Sources Road in Dollard des Ormeaux. It was written up in the Lakeshore Chronicle and we often take the newspaper clipping out to remind us of that day!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830191878424784316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14431938.post-73155801710952377112011-02-20T15:29:48.857-05:002011-02-20T15:29:48.857-05:00Although I have no memory of this day I have been ...Although I have no memory of this day I have been told about it at least once a year on my birthday March 4th (1971). It was a very memorable day for my parents:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082702024274760896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14431938.post-80148604471869070002010-11-22T12:13:51.293-05:002010-11-22T12:13:51.293-05:00I remember this storm well.I was 18 at the time &a...I remember this storm well.I was 18 at the time & it was a good storm indeed,I still managed to coax my old 63 Chevy Biscayne through the streets,and around abandoned cars etc etc...it was an adventure for us for sure. Although as big as that storm was,I experienced another large storm here in a place that least expected it. Victoria BC in 1996,we had what they refer to as the Blizzard of '96<br />it was a dandy as well. Montreal at least had incredible snow removal crews in the old days, Victoria was lucky if it had a few graders with plows ,the city was at a stand still for almost a week. Btw: the Montreal storm hit the city hard,one reason,if I recall correctly was that NYC was getting hit with a pile of snow,& so the City of Montreal sent a bunch of snow removal equipment & crews to help New York City get cleaned up,& then Montreal got whacked .......lol<br /> You've got some great old Montreal photos there....glad I came across this blog. Cheers !! Les from VerdunLes_Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07496813785269124375noreply@blogger.com