It was expected to surpass the 21.3 inches that fell during the “Great Arctic Outbreak” of 1899. We want your feedback – please The Darkroom offers Facebook and WordPress commenting in the hopes of fostering constructive conversation among our users. (Baltimore Sun files, Feb. 20, 1979) They were only calling for 8 inches. Some of the many cars that found themselves almost totally buried by the Blizzard of ‘79. Please enable cookies on your web browser in order to continue. Please abide by our I am not sure of the year, but it was maybe 1958. Canal just south of Chesapeake City as a tug and barge come down the cleared path. It was a wet, heavy snow that knocked out the power to much of the city. Here is some home video from January 13 & 14, 1979. (Ralph L. Robinson/Baltimore Sun) An Icebreaker traces a circle in the C.&D. See our But, I remember hearing news that said some of the city did not get their power on for over a week.The Darkroom, the photography and video blog of The Baltimore Sun, shines a light on visually captivating stories of our past and present. The new European data protection law requires us to inform you of the following before you use our website: This content is currently not available in your region. We got ours back on after five days (or so, I was only seven, eight years old). We ended up with nearly two feet. It showcases the exciting work of our staff, offers tips in the craft, and highlights the emerging community of independent media makers. We use cookies and other technologies to customize your experience, perform analytics and deliver personalized advertising on our sites, apps and newsletters and across the Internet based on your interests. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. February 19, 1979 — A pedestrian on Mount Vernon Place makes his way past snow-covered parked cars about 8:45AM yesterday after the blizzard. This was filmed in Munster, Indiana. On Feb. 18 and 19, 1979, an epic winter storm took Mid-Atlantic forecasters by complete surprise. With two feet or more of snow predicted, this weekend’s blizzard will likely rank Baltimore’s biggest winter storms. It will be hard to ever top the back-to-back storms of “Snowmageddon” in February 2010 were, with a combined 44.5 inches of snowfall over five days.You missed one. The storm buried much of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area under more than 20 inches of … By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. 1993 March 13-14 The Blizzard of ’93 1979 February 19 The Presidents’ Day Storm Chiefly affected the Middle Atlantic States, with record snowfall in many areas; Washington, DC, 18.7″ in 18.5 hours at the airport with a total depth of 23″; the Baltimore, MD, airport had 20″. The so-called “Knickerbocker” storm of 1922 dropped 26.5 inches of snow in Baltimore and killed 98 people when it collapsed the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C. NW Indiana and the Chicagoland area were hit with a major …