Was 11 years old and the memory is burned into my brain. The reason I am a weenie now! Woke up before the rest of my family and looked out my bedroom window in Baltimore. White out conditions!! Walked downstairs and looked out the front door. Never ever saw snow fall so heavy and nothing has ever compared to it since then. '83 close with thunder snow, but '79 took the cake. A sight to see for an 11 year old boy!!