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Falling and drifting snow surrounds a car on Boston's Morrissey Boulevard during the early morning hours of the blizzard of 1978.

A car gets the frosty treatment in New York City.

Beacon Street was slammed in downtown Boston.

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Car owners, MDC workers and the National Guard dig out cars buried in snow on Day Boulevard in South Boston.

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People walk by cars through the heavy snow in downtown Boston.

Pedestrians climb through tall piles of snow while crossing the street near Commonwealth Avenue in Back Bay, Boston.

Cars and trucks stranded and abandoned in deep snow along Rte. 128 in Dedham, Mass.

Vehicular traffic inches its way through a blinding snow squall as blizzard conditions worsen.

A carnival of stalled cars, stranded pedestrians, snowplows and children take over Northern Boulevard in Queens.

Snow dump in East will have hard time matching the big daddy of '78

2/8/2013

The blizzard known as "Nemo" is beginning to bury the Northeast, so you know what that means: It's time for old-timers to reminisce about the worst storms they've been through. Comparisons are already being made to the massive snow that hit New England 35 years ago (almost to the day) and left major cities in the region under more than 2 feet of white (see the gallery above for stunning pics). Coupled with 70 mph wind gusts, the 1978 blizzard was a deadly force, with 99 storm-related deaths reported. At least one forecaster doesn't expect this year's storm to be as damaging, if only because an unbelieving public back then failed to heed warnings, leading to more being stranded on highways and in inaccessible areas. [Source]

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