The Blizzard of '78

When I moved here in 1989 I was besiged with stories about the blizzard of '78. Stories about people having to stay at work for days or homebound for several days. The most interesting part of this storm for me is of course the meteorology part of it. This is the 500 millibar A large upper air trough sat north of our area. This trough started digging into our region later in the day.
Meanwhile a on the surface a low pressure system to the south and another toward the north.
These two system phased together. This because of a very fast moving polar jet stream (150 knots) phased with a fast jet streak to move these systems together very quickly.
The mega system moved quickly toward the north. This resulted in record snowfall of 14 to 26 inches of snowfall. Fort Wayne ended the month of January with a record 60" of snowfall. Here's a couple of pictures from the National Weather Service from our perfect storm