Tim from Springfield (IL) Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 The Springfield (IL) State Journal-Register had an excellent online feature as central Illinois approaches the 37th anniversary of the "Great Ice Storm" of Easter weekend 1978 (Mar. 24-26). http://visuals.sj-r.com/frozen-the-easter-weekend-ice-storm-of-1978/ Among the damage due to the ice in central Illinois were two TV transmitting antennas, one belonging to the then-dark WJJY-14 (Jacksonville, IL) near Bluffs, IL (Scott County), and the transmitter of WAND-17 Decatur (then ABC, now NBC) near Argenta, IL outside of Decatur. Great writeup from one of our market's meteorogists (Doug Quick at WICD-15 Champaign) about the ice storm and its effects on WAND on his central Illinois TV history page: http://www.dougquick.com/wanddecatur4.html Any other accounts, articles, and studies out there about other parts of the Midwest were affected by the Easter weekend 1978 winter storm? Most of the ones I've seen concern the ice here in central Illinois--I would think much of this subforum would have been affected by the "Great Ice Storm." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim from Springfield (IL) Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 The link to the story above on the SJ-R's Facebook page had quite a discussion and "memories" of that surreal Easter weekend of '78. One could only wonder what a similar storm would be like in the city today: https://www.facebook.com/statejournalregister?fref=nf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Seems like central IL was hardest hit. Best I can tell, there was anywhere between a quarter and a half inch of ice in the LAF area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Per Storm Data for March 1978, a pretty wide area got significant ice...even into N IL, N IN, S MI, N OH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 wow cool, never heard of this storm before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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