COLUMBUS, Ohio — This week marks 47 years since the "Great Blizzard of 1978." The massive winter storm hit the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes Jan. 25-27.

Worst blizzard ever to hit Great Lakes? ... The Winter of 1977-78 thus far had been one of the coldest, since records began, in many areas from the Rockies eastward to the Appalachians.

The winter of 1977 was colder. Three other storms dumped more snow on Cincinnati. So, what made the Great Blizzard of 1978 so devastating? The storm that struck more tha40 years ago brought snow ...