Blizzard of 1996 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Soundman extraordinaire Eric Kerchner and Cameraman Mark Teboe accompany Pennsylvania National Guard in the aftermath of the great blizzard of 1996. Kerchner and Teboe shoot the humvee and hospital sequences. (You can tell this by NOT seeing mic flags in the shots and being able to hear the sounds clearly!) This piece aired on KYW-TV's news magazine Larry Kane's Bulletin. Staff KYW-TV crews shot the other sequences. Interesting that the Isuzu Trooper modified by Eric and Mark with a "state of the art" rooftop camera platform NEVER got stuck in the snow… Can't say that about the military vehicle!!! This piece was produced by Benjamin Ringe.
The following from Wikepedia:
30.7 inches (78 cm) of snow fell in Philadelphia, the most of any major city in the storm's path. It was the city's all-time greatest snowstorm, compared to its previous greatest snowstorm which was a "mere" 21.3 inches. Most of those 30.7 inches, 27.6, fell in just 24 hours, a new record for the city for the most snow in 24 hours. The mayor declared a state of emergency, and only police and other emergency workers were permitted to drive on city streets leaving the city to pedestrians.
For three days, city trucks loaded with plowed snow dumped their contents into the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers eventually causing major problems with the natural flow of the rivers. It is a rare occurrence for trucks to "dispose of snow" in the Philadelphia area, since the snowfall amounts typically do not warrant it. However the snow was so extensive, that plowing would cause massive snow piles. City officials had no choice but to resort to hauling the snow to nearby rivers. Disposal of snow became a major issue but temperatures quickly returned to normal and began to quickly clear the snow. This resulted in flooding, when on January 19th, a jet stream disturbance from the Gulf of Mexico caused a rapid melt, followed by thunderstorms, which both brought three inches of rain, and caused the snow to melt 20 inches in one day; or equivalent to 2 inches of rain. Philadelphia saw its worst flooding in twenty years. Damages were estimated to reach $1 billion.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1996 - Zábava
I just turned 22 yrs old during the blizzard of '96. I was stuck on a little side street in Port Richmond, where I lived at the time, for about a week.
This video, reminded me how helpful "neighbors" were. Everyone looked out for one another and helped whoever, whenever they could. That's what I miss most about this era. "it takes a village" and that's how it was. You helped one another. I don't understand why we can't have this way of life again. Sigh ..
I was a 13 year old Black kid living in west philly when this happened. I remember walking on 5 foot tall snow piles from 60th street to 56th street along Chestnut st. [because the City plowed Chestnut street and the mountainous snow was pushed to the sides]. I could look down on everyone shoveling their sidewalk. I never touched the ground.
Yessss.i lived on 52nd cedar at the time and i was 10 i believe and man that was great
I lived right outside philly in montco. I was 10 and the plows had made a massive mountain of snow right outside of my house. I feel like I sledded down that hill for months. It took forever to melt
i bet that was fun.
What does being black have to do with anything as it relates to the blizzard? No need to obsessively weave it into everything.
@@KayFabe87i was painting a mental picture on who i am and was at the time. there is nothing wrong with being Black or stating that. it would be no different if i stated that i am also male. because i am. i said nothing wrong. and if that causes an angry knee-jerk reaction from you to come here and confront me about it, then you've got bigger problems.
I lived in Philly when this storm hit. I used to walk to work and after the storm some sidewalks were just narrow enough for one person, with snow on each side taller than me. When I got to the corners, I'd have to climb through snowbanks that went up to my waist.
Was 16 when this storm hit. You wouldn't believe me if I told you how much money I made digging cars out. Good times
....How much money?
16,000 dollars?
Ha ha ha i sit that one out cause after digging out my house i was pooped
I was 16 when this happened to but instead of being outside shoveling snow and playing with my friends I got phenomena and was sick as a dog that whole week but having no school all week made it all worth it haha!
I made a lot of money shooting this weather back then.
This was the worse for me. I remember being a young teen walking to the corner store cause they dont close for anything in Philly, the store was literally right around the corner and i could not breath walking over all that snow by the time i got home it felt like i was having a heart attack or something. It was so scary.
Thedy forecasted ONE inch on some networks.
I was in the process of flying back from Tokyo into Toronto and was supposed to catch a connecting flight from Toronto to Philadelphia the next day, but all flights into or out of Philadelphia were cancelled. Good thing I had a previously booked hotel room in Toronto as there were hundreds of people who couldn't fly out of Toronto into any Northeastern US airports for at least 48 hours. Spent the next week trying to shovel my car out of a parking space in South Philly. Fun times.
I live in Delco during this storm and we lost power for a week. Had to sleep with our winter jackets in sleeping bags all in one room with a space heater and the over open. Couldn't even shower cause pipes froze. What an awful time that was.
I was stuck in BWI for three days. I had travelled to Philadelphia for a job interview and was trying to get back home, Cleveland.
This was the year my daughter had a whole month off.
1 week before Christmas break
2 weeks dearing Christmas break
1 week AFTER Christmas break
I was sure glad that I was always the type that always stocked up on EVERYTHING. We didn't do without ANYTHING.
Thank you Jesus 🙏❤🙏
This is what the news used to be like. Larry Kane is the resl thing. I had the privilege of meeting & briefly working with him in 2010. He told me I reminded him of John Lennon. The news today would consist of Brian Stelter pontificating about how snow is ‘racist.’ Watching the news back in the 1980s was like spending time with family members. The newscasters were true representatives of the city’s soul. That’s what it was - the city used to have SOUL. I miss the 80s and 90s in Philadelphia, before postmodern marxism took over. I’ll never go back to live there. I might visit just to see it, but Philadelphia as I knew it is gone. I was living in South Philly when the blizzard hit. It was something I’ll never forget.
South Philly native here as well. I share your sentiments exactly. I had moved out of Philly by that time, but I was returning from a trip to Tokyo and caught the original flight out of Philadelphia so I parked my car in front of my mother's house in South Philly. Took a week to dig it out. I would never move back to crime-ridden Philly.
I was 11 when this happened lived on Frankford Ave and the snow was up to our front porch all I did was just dive out the door. All you could see is top of roofs of cars when said and done
I was 7. Lived in Delaware county then
Was a sophomore in HS. We got a week off of school two weeks after Christmas vacation
Was a crazy storm had to climb out back window on back porch to dig a passage to be able to open one of my doors. But the Forcasts were way off
I worked the front desk in my building during this and loved my job though it was nasty to deal with for maintenance.
I was 4yrs old living in P.R lol
ah yes Freshman year of HS. Longest damn school year we ever had.
Yep,,,, I remember that storm well,, I spent all night in a Backhoe Moving snow in Buck`s country, at a new home building site
Those Philly accents lol
Can't wait to move thier in 3 months
Gotta love it
I love it ! Philly born and raised.
My daughter was one years old and and me and old friend of mine had to walk miles for milk bread eggs and whatever else we needed it was awful
This was my birth omen. I was born in December of 95 and made it home before the snow came.
Heaven wept for my coming into this world, but the fear not yet manifested was enough to freeze her tears.
Heaven wept for she knew my life would be defined by a congruence of sleet and hail.
Born under the cover of darkness, the mysterious female, the high priestess, Yin, or the elemental power of water itself.
I am blessed with the tools of the subconscious, Intuition, and the self.
Yet I can't save a single person. I sought these tools to help people.
Understand this, helping is hurting and hurting is helping.
Altruism is a pitfall for the good natured, a trap most fall into.
Understand this, to love is to hate and to hate is to love.
Selfishness is a salve that can help mend the wounds of the empath.
Understand this, to be black is to be white and to be white is to be black.
If you do not understand, the entire universe will stand up against you until you do.
Get over yourself, dude.. The Storm hit in January. I just turned 14 on Jan 8th and it was snowing it's hardest on that day. But u don't see me sitting here talking about how God sent me a birthday blizzard as a gift. 😂😂😂🤦♂️
i lived in swphilly then n don't remember any national guard n think they only helped center city ppl!!
If you watch the video, you can clearly see that the National Guard vehicle was being driven through South Philadelphia. It also wasn't the only vehicle in service at the time so they were likely all over the city. If you didn't see any, it's likely because they were specifically rendering service to people who needed medical treatments such as dialysis and not just randomly driving through neighborhoods.