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Vienna_Hokie
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I remember that winter, lived in Vienna

Biggest memory is that we had a decent snow cover, maybe 6" when it got real cold. The snow pack iced over and became so hard that we were able to sled on those old runner sleds and stay on top of the ice without breaking through it. I lived on the backside of a golf course and we found a fairway that was a long (like 500 yds) downhill slope. Didn't seem like much of a slope until you got on a sled sliding over ice and picked up speed for that long.
Posted: 01/22/2025 at 08:11 AM ET
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Someone posted yesterday about Chesapeake Bay freeze up in 1977. Here’s an
Stork • 01/22/25 07:03 AM ET
Big snow Super Bowl Sunday. Cancelled classes
LaneRat • 01/22/25 06:37 PM ET
Swift Creek flows beside my apartment complex at the time. -6° F or below..
TomTurkey • 01/22/25 02:14 PM ET
I was at Ferrum. Several of us were stuck on campus when Rt. 40 was...
Major Kong • 01/22/25 01:26 PM ET
Ice pulled out all the channel markers**
SEZ Hokie • 01/22/25 01:11 PM ET
My senior year also**
Hokerer • 01/22/25 10:36 AM ET
Cool article.
No Clue • 01/22/25 10:03 AM ET
In the words of Tom Waits
freemason • 01/22/25 09:11 AM ET
Colder than a well diggers ass, colder than a well diggers ass.**
BusLoadaBozos • 01/22/25 09:40 AM ET
Here's a couple of personal shots from that time
HokieMacDaddy • 01/22/25 09:03 AM ET
You were destined to be a Hokie if you lived off Diamond Springs Rd. Right
Stork • 01/22/25 09:30 AM ET
Yup - always a beautiful place to drive by (pic inside)
HokieMacDaddy • 01/22/25 09:42 AM ET
I recommend stopping to walk around the grounds.
EDGEMAN • 01/22/25 12:08 PM ET
Wow!**
EDGEMAN • 01/22/25 09:07 AM ET
It was so cold…
HokieDG • 01/22/25 08:30 AM ET
I probably would have gotten off the ice as soon as I saw that...lol**
EDGEMAN • 01/22/25 09:08 AM ET
We skated on the local ponds for a month or more**
Tuckahokie • 01/22/25 09:14 AM ET
Shallow ponds = OK Frozen lakes and bays...no way...lol**
EDGEMAN • 01/22/25 09:18 AM ET
Even worse, water with a current
MAHokie69 • 01/22/25 11:23 AM ET
I remember the 1977 winter well in southern WV. Roads had ice on them
MikeVT85 • 01/22/25 08:14 AM ET
I remember that winter, lived in Vienna ◄
Vienna_Hokie • 01/22/25 08:11 AM ET
Our cove at Smith mountain lake froze
Spudnut • 01/22/25 07:50 AM ET
That was my freshman year at VT. My friend (and 1976 VT grad)
lilhokie525 • 01/22/25 07:45 AM ET
I was in Fredericksburg and don't remember it at all.**
UTPr0sim • 01/22/25 07:39 AM ET