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Photo Finish: Blizzard of 1978

Thursday marks the 35th anniversary of one of the most catastrophic storms to ever hit the Northeast.
** FILE ** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 2 ** A National Guardsman checks a stranded car Feb. 9, 1978, in Hampton, N.H., after the Blizzard of '78 to see if anyone was trapped inside. A winter storm combined with high tides flooded the New Hampshire seacoast...
** FILE ** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY FEB. 2 ** A National Guardsman checks a stranded car Feb. 9, 1978, in Hampton, N.H., after the Blizzard of '78 to see if anyone...
By Traci Oshiro, Traci Oshiro

Thursday marks the 35th anniversary of one of the most catastrophic storms to ever hit the Northeast. The historic Nor'Eastern brought in blizzard conditions between February 5-7 in 1978, and left behind recording breaking snow piles. With anticipation of another big nor'eastern storm this weekend, the East Coast prays the storm doesn't repeat.