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In reply to the discussion: This is bad. [View all]wnylib
(21,417 posts)every day. I think that, at the same time, the temp did not go above 20 for a very long time. Can't remember now just how long.
I am from Erie, originally and I thought that, except for the blizzard of 78, Cleveland winters were usually milder than Erie's. But I think that's because we were in Westlake. The ridge that goes through the suburbs to the south and east of Cleveland also runs through Erie County PA, dumping snow in winter and thunderstorms in summer.
But the ridge does not extend to Westlake. Usually we could watch clouds drift toward us and then turn southeasterly, leaving us untouched. We always went to Erie for Christmas and when we were returning to Cleveland, it always seemed to snow heavily from Erie until we were passing the center of Cleveland on I90. By the time we got to Westlake, the sun would be shining in a clear sky, no snow coming down and none on the ground. Like going from one world into another.
But the Blizzard of 78 was different because it came directly from west to east along the southern shore of the lake in a wide swath, extending from the lake to several miles southward. And in Cuyahoga County, Westlake was the first to be hit.