The bar is high for historic snowstorms in a lake-effect snowbelt city such as Buffalo, New York. On Jan. 30, 1977, 48 years ago today, parts of New York and southern Ontario were in the midst of one ...

George Smith has seen some monster snowfalls in Western New York. A little more than two years ago, when parts of the region received up to seven feet of snow in an almost unimaginable November storm, ...

The recent bitter cold weather prompted me to once again think back nearly 50 years ago. January 1977 was a record-setter. This January has been bitterly cold at times, with temperatures only climbing ...

On Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1977, at approximately 6:30 a.m., I awoke to a day of much surprise. At first, everything was normal, but the weather report confirmed my belief that an Arctic front was passing ...

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John O'Rourk, retired from the Buffalo Police Department, at the Tifft Street ramp to Route 5 and the Skyway. During the great blizzard of 1977, O'Rourk and his partner, George Smith, helped many ...