out of nowhere, because there was no radar and killed hundreds of people off the new england coast, but you know, in 78 you know, the weathermen were cowboys and everyone had their own system and they didn t have all of these tracks to plan and you know, a couple of guys got it right, but a couple of guys didn t. a lot of people were just caught by surprise. i mean, they knew there was going to be a storm. martha: and caught on the highway covered in snow in some tragic cases, right? right. and i think duval patrick the first year they got caught with a storm that started about one o clock in the afternoon and they didn t have time to clear it off the turnpike and it was just a disaster and i think s trying to avoid that and trying to look on the bright side why he s shutting down the state and i can see the mass pipe from where i am right now, the major east-west thoroughfare and the snow doesn t seem to be sticking, you know? it s still in pretty good shape. martha: well, i su