You know how kid memories seemed so vivid and extreme? Then you got older and realized that your young mind might have exaggerated the experience? In 1978, I was 13 years old and in 8th grade at Grand Haven Junior High (now White Pines Middle School). In that winter, I remember what seemed to us the winter 'storm of the century'. But living in Michigan, snow and snow storms are a way of life. I thought my memory may be hazy and that the storm wasn't as bad as I remembered. I couldn't remember when it hit, only that we were back in school after Christmas break and baby new year was 1, 978 years old 30th Anniversary of the Blizzard of 1978