In1978,14 below,40mph winds,wind chill 82 below,white out conditions,we STILL had class.If you didn't make it to class,there was hell to pay from the professor who did make it.WHIMPS.

asu1978 wrote:In1978,14 below,40mph winds,wind chill 82 below,white out conditions,we STILL had class.If you didn't make it to class,there was hell to pay from the professor who did make it.WHIMPS.

Never canceled them when I was there in the mid 80s either. I am told the difference now is that the majority of the professors no longer live in Boone because they cannot afford housing. Therefore, classes are canceled more often because the profs can't get there either. For what it's worth, that explanation came directly from a high ranking administrator at ASU.

asu1978 wrote:In1978,14 below,40mph winds,wind chill 82 below,white out conditions,we STILL had class.If you didn't make it to class,there was hell to pay from the professor who did make it.WHIMPS.

Brings back memories! I was there in '78. But I do remember that we had classes cancelled sometime during my App tenure because they made such a big deal out of it because I think it was only the second time in the history of the school or something like that.

Classes were cancelled for the second time in history in '74 after a huge snow storm the Sunday after Thanksgiving. No one bothered to tell those of us in the Asheville area and we drove up there anyway. Long, scary drive!!! When we got to campus, we were the only ones there. Luckily, the dorms were open and Hardees was within walking distance! Of course, in those days we all walked wherever we went as freshmen since we had to park so far away and there were no Applecarts.

AppinATL wrote:

asu1978 wrote:In1978,14 below,40mph winds,wind chill 82 below,white out conditions,we STILL had class.If you didn't make it to class,there was hell to pay from the professor who did make it.WHIMPS.

Brings back memories! I was there in '78. But I do remember that we had classes cancelled sometime during my App tenure because they made such a big deal out of it because I think it was only the second time in the history of the school or something like that.

Ol' Doc Ashby had a number of frostbitten fingers & toes to deal with.

asu1978 wrote:In1978,14 below,40mph winds,wind chill 82 below,white out conditions,we STILL had class.If you didn't make it to class,there was hell to pay from the professor who did make it.WHIMPS.

Wow... I was born in 1978... Now I'm the one teaching classes...

asualum78 wrote:Classes were cancelled for the second time in history in '74 after a huge snow storm the Sunday after Thanksgiving. No one bothered to tell those of us in the Asheville area and we drove up there anyway. Long, scary drive!!! When we got to campus, we were the only ones there. Luckily, the dorms were open and Hardees was within walking distance! Of course, in those days we all walked wherever we went as freshmen since we had to park so far away and there were no Applecarts.

WHAT,it wasn't worth the walk to Big E's or RAY's (Insert barf here)

The biggest difference between when most of us went to school and now is that many students live farther off campus and, the big one, many professors live in Avery and Ashe counties now and it's harder for them to get in. My sister is an area director, we only live 2 miles out of Boone and it's sometimes hard for her to get out to new 421. They don't work as hard on old 421 and the other side roads out here as they used to when it was the main highway to get into town. Not to mention we've had to deal with downed power and cable lines all afternoon. As an EMS member they've kept us running all day and it looks like a very long night and day tomorrow. But that's what we volunteer for.

firemoose wrote:The biggest difference between when most of us went to school and now is that many students live farther off campus and, the big one, many professors live in Avery and Ashe counties now and it's harder for them to get in. My sister is an area director, we only live 2 miles out of Boone and it's sometimes hard for her to get out to new 421. They don't work as hard on old 421 and the other side roads out here as they used to when it was the main highway to get into town. Not to mention we've had to deal with downed power and cable lines all afternoon. As an EMS member they've kept us running all day and it looks like a very long night and day tomorrow. But that's what we volunteer for.

I give thanks for the Emergency crews who do find a way to serve us.(Question,how does the person who drives the snow plow get TO the snowplow?)no VW's please.

They are just getting soft and 98 was almost 3 feet in my parking lot classes were only canceled one day. I couldn't get out for a week

asu1978 wrote:

firemoose wrote:The biggest difference between when most of us went to school and now is that many students live farther off campus and, the big one, many professors live in Avery and Ashe counties now and it's harder for them to get in. My sister is an area director, we only live 2 miles out of Boone and it's sometimes hard for her to get out to new 421. They don't work as hard on old 421 and the other side roads out here as they used to when it was the main highway to get into town. Not to mention we've had to deal with downed power and cable lines all afternoon. As an EMS member they've kept us running all day and it looks like a very long night and day tomorrow. But that's what we volunteer for.

I give thanks for the Emergency crews who do find a way to serve us.(Question,how does the person who drives the snow plow get TO the snowplow?)no VW's please.

NCDOT has been sub contracting a lot of the truck crews and sometimes a driver will take a truck home and just start from there. Also, when it's really expected to be bad some crews will stay at DOT until it starts.

We do the same thing in the fire department. I've spent many nights in both the FD or rescue squad buildings waiting for the calls to begin. I was living in Sparta in March 93' during the blizzard. We got a call for a structure fire at the hight of the storm and got within a 1/4 mile of the home before we hit a 20 foot+ snowdrift. Broke the rear axle in the lead pumper and everyone behind us got stuck. We pulled all the hose off the truck and were able to reach the house and put out the fire then 6 of us piled into the cab to wait for DOT to reach us with a motor grader. Damn near froze to death as it took 5 hours to reach us. We got back, changed clothes, and went right back to work, round the clock, for 4 days before real sack time. Can't tell you how many times I've done things like that in 25+ years. Just like tonight

AppinATL wrote:

asu1978 wrote:In1978,14 below,40mph winds,wind chill 82 below,white out conditions,we STILL had class.If you didn't make it to class,there was hell to pay from the professor who did make it.WHIMPS.

Brings back memories! I was there in '78. But I do remember that we had classes cancelled sometime during my App tenure because they made such a big deal out of it because I think it was only the second time in the history of the school or something like that.

One of the reasons classes were seldom cancelled is that the students would all get in line at the Appalachian Theatre when classes were cancelled. They were definitely cancelled in the blizzard of 1960. I wasn't there yet but I remember stories from the townspeople, et al about some football players carrying a patient from down town Boone to the Watauga Hospital holding the stretcher above their heads because of the deep snow. Of course the hospital was on the University's campus at that time.

AppinATL wrote:

asu1978 wrote:In1978,14 below,40mph winds,wind chill 82 below,white out conditions,we STILL had class.If you didn't make it to class,there was hell to pay from the professor who did make it.WHIMPS.

Brings back memories! I was there in '78. But I do remember that we had classes cancelled sometime during my App tenure because they made such a big deal out of it because I think it was only the second time in the history of the school or something like that.

I was there from 1979 - 1985. I don't know about 1978. I had heard about the blizzard in the 1960s, but i thought they did NOT cancel classes either time. Anyway, I think it was 1983 - '84, my first year of grad school, I awoke one morning to find that my window thermometer (on the outside) read NEGATIVE 32 BELOW ZERO!!!!!!!!!! The wind was blowing about 50 mph constantly, and there was about 3 feet of snow on the ground. (To do the math, that's about a neg. 80 wind chill!!). So, being the gung ho grad student that I was, I walked to my 9:00 Econ class (then in Walker Hall). Well, about 9:30, the Dean came around & told all that classes were canceled due to the weather. Having made the effort to arrive at the class on-time, we hearty students insisted that the prof finish the class. He did.

And that, was what I understood to be the FIRST time ASU canceled classes due to weather conditions. But, since I was not there in 1978 nor in the 1960s, I welcome further input from those experienced in those years at ASU.

BTW, in the blizzard in the 1960s, I heard that local farmers had hay air-lifted (and dropped) in to feed their livestock. Of course, such a situation leaves one wondering if any livestock were injured by the falling bales of hay. But, I digress.

They had to cancel them in 78 because everyone was home for Thanksgiving when the snow started and got really bad.. I don't remember how long they cancelled them for but it was several days. Seems like even food service was closed since we walked to Hardees to eat.