Author:Erno Rossi Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0920926037 Availability:
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An oral and visual history of the only blizzard in American history declared a national disaster by President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
The Simplicity of the Horror:
I bought this book because I read that the Candian post hard-core band Alexisonfire had used one of the images from the book as the cover to their album CRISIS, (Dine Alone Records). I am glad that I did. Being an Aussie and not comprehending snow at all didn't help me understand the hardship of snow and cold. But, this book did. The simplicity with which it is displayed, through direct recounts from the victims gave a heartfelt purity to my read. The author then went on to provide a short break from each... more info
I survived the Blizzard of '77:
An incredible book! I was a teenager, safe inside my parents' house, when the blizzard hit Elma, NY, 23 miles east of Buffalo. Cut off from civilization (not even snowmobiles could access our road), I never heard the extraordinary tales that Rossi related -like the Buffalo Zoo animals running around the city! This, and Robert L. Smith's pictures, brought '77 back in full black and white - a LOT of white. Rossi also poignantly relates the losses that Western New York suffered from this disaster that... more info
Blizzard of The Millennium:
The Blizzard of '77
(This column was first published in the December 27,1999 Buffalo News.)
What was the major regional natural history event of the 20th century? No contest.
Lake Erie froze over by December 14, 1976, an early record. This normally puts an end to the lake effect snowstorms created by winds picking up moisture from the lake surface, converting it to snow and dumping it when those winds reach shore. But that winter something different happened.
It began to snow just after Christmas... more info
Babies and Blizzards:
Does Uncle Sam need some Viagara? Or are Canadians just better than Americans at something other than hockey and health care? Erno Rossi raises this question in his best selling oral history of a major national disaster, White Death -The Blizzard of '77--Millennium Edition. Rossi says that Canadians appear to snuggle faster and more effectively than Americans during a cold weather disaster.
The Canadian birthrate jumped an impressive 18% nine months after a winter hurricane called The Blizzard of '77.... more info
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