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For The Exchange's program on The Blizzard of '78, we turned to members of our Public Insight Network for their recollections of the storm. You can share your own stories through the Network, or read others' experiences here.

Thirty years ago this week the Northeast experienced one of the most powerful blizzards in memory: snow up to four feet, lines of abandoned cars, lives lost and massive damage to the coast. But for some, the storm was a time of fun… days off work and school, unscheduled bonding, adventures and family fun. We’ll talk with Granite Staters about their memories and hear your stories too.

Guest

• John Clayton, Senior Reporter and columnist for the Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News and author of six books on New Hampshire

We'll also hear from

• Neal Strauss, Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass.
• Don Kent, longtime weatherman for WBZ-TV in Boston who now lives in Laconia. Don was on the air for three days during the Blizzard of ’78
• John Parsons, a secondary school teacher living in Durham
• Bill Cavanaugh, who was part of a Coast Guard rescue mission during the blizzard to save the Pilot Boat Can-Do and check on the oil tanker Global Hope that ran aground in Gloucester Harbor. Later a book would be written about their experiences called “Ten Hours Until Dawn”.
• Ric Werme, resident of Boscawen, who maintains a Blizzard of '78 website