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1979 Feature: Blizzard Rams New England:
The lighthouse was 114 feet high, so the foam must have been spraying about 100 feet into the air.
It was Feb. 8, 1978. A blizzard slammed New England, shutting roads, businesses and schools. Snow buried everything. Kevin Cole, Boston Herald American chief photographer, was stuck in Plymouth, Mass. "The snow was over the house. I've never seen anything like it." Cole got to the Hyannis airport and found a pilot to take him up. The sea raged. "The whole coastline was gone, houses in the water, houses floating, waves crashed inside them." They circled the Minot Light. "We can't stay out here any longer," the pilot told Cole. "Just as he started to turn," Cole said, "I saw a huge wave. That's when I got that shot, and that's the same time I threw up."
The worst New England storm in 200 years -- chronicled in a special section by the entire Herald American photo staff -- killed 54 and left thousands homeless. |