Correctomundo. I remember that the Ohio River was essentially frozen

before Christmas 1976 and, therefore, road salt quickly became unavailable. The roads in southern WV were frozen over with ice until the 1977 spring thaw.
[Post edited by MikeVT85 at 01/05/2018 11:34PM]

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Posted: 01/05/2018 at 11:34PM

The extreme cold snap I mentioned was in 1983 ** -- TomTurkey 01/05/2018 10:02PM

That was the year we had a 23” snowstorm that closed campus. ** -- MCL3 Hokie 01/06/2018 10:47AM

Blacksburg in Jan 1985, right around the Super Bowl -- Late 80s Hokie 01/06/2018 10:01AM

C. 71-2 Blacksburg - harsh ice storm -- TomTurkey 01/06/2018 10:14AM

Yep. We were stuck in Snowshoe. Got the last room -- 48zip 01/06/2018 4:31PM

1980, 1995 and 2010 seemed cold & snowy for Virginia** -- Calamitous 01/06/2018 12:16AM

Don’t you mean 2018? ** -- EDGEMAN 01/05/2018 10:23PM

Actually, it was 1977 - corrected on FB -- TomTurkey 01/05/2018 10:44PM

Correct, I remember, my senior year ** -- hokie77th 01/06/2018 11:44AM

Correctomundo. I remember that the Ohio River was essentially frozen -- MikeVT85 01/05/2018 11:34PM

Wasn't it January 1983 when it was -20 in Blacksburg? ** -- TheNuke 01/05/2018 11:57PM

Jan '85 it definitely was. I wasn't there in Jan '83. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 01/06/2018 12:56PM

Jan 21, 1985 to be exact. -18 in Blacksburg -- Burke Hokie 01/06/2018 8:16PM

Sure was, I was in Lee Hall 5th floor facing the prairie. -- TheNuke 01/06/2018 1:51PM

Same story in O'Shag. Even floors, prairie side = no heat. I was 4th floor -- Late 80s Hokie 01/06/2018 2:04PM

Correctomundo. I remember that the Ohio River was essentially frozen

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