Current Boston EMS Superintendent Dianne Cavaleri remembers medicine being delivered to residents by snowmobile, including insulin to diabetics.
The following was written by Jennifer Mehigan, Director of Media Relations for Boston EMS. Thirty-five years ago this week, Boston was engulfed in snow. More than 27 inches fell in a 24-hour period at one point. The snow, and in particular the wind, crippled the city and the region. For many residents, it was an adventure. For members of Boston EMS, it was an experience of a lifetime. “We worked for four days, 24-plus hours straight that first day and then double shifts,” recalls Superintendent Dianne Cavaleri, who was a 23-year-old EMT at the time. “Ambulances were stopped, physically couldn’t move, after the 26th hour.” Depending on what area of the city you worked would dictate how busy you stayed. In the inner city Boston EMS was …
A Jamaica Plain Patch reader submitted a photo he took during the historic Blizzard of ’78 in JP.
Friday’s predicted major snowstorm is befitting for this week. Thirty-five years ago was the historic Blizzard of ’78. Many Boston residents remember vividly the ferocious storm which dumped 27 inches of snow in Boston during a 32-hour span Feb. 6 and 7, 1978. Jamaica Plain Patch reader and resident Mark Hoffman snapped a photo of Centre Street that day, while standing on top of a pile of snow in from of Same Old Place restaurant. Hoffman recalls (via email): "It was such a remarkable first week after the Blizzard, with private citizens prohibited from driving in much of Eastern Massachusetts, and the T not running. At the time of the Blizzard of '78, the Arborway Green Line trolley was in its last few years of running down the middle of …
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Rhea Becker
12:57 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
I wish I had photos. I live on Beacon St. in the Back Bay at the time time. I was a college student and loved how the city shut down. The air smelled as if we were in a forest. It was amazing time of camaraderie among neighbors. more ›