Reply #35: The "Great Appalachian storm of 1950"

[Blue_In_AK]

http://wvua7weather.blogspot.com/2005/11/1950-thanksgiving-day-storm.html

I was living in southern Ohio at the time, near Wilmington, but on a farm. I was only four, but I remember that we were going to my grandparents' house which was probably less than five miles away, and the storm hit so fast and so hard that we were immediately stranded on the road, unable to move. When we left the house, we hadn't thought we were going to be traveling very long, so we kids only had on light jackets. My dad had to leave us in the car while he walked out for help. I don't remember who came for us or how we got unstuck, but I remember just being terribly, terribly cold and afraid.