The Polish winter of 1978

[pieter]

Bonobo posted a wonderful thread about the Polish winter of 1978. It reminded me of the harsh war winter of 1944/1945, my parents had to go through in Poland and the Netherlands.

polandsite.proboards.com/thread/3552/100-years-winter?page=1&scrollTo=29991

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_March_(1945)

[Nictoshek]

Same thing happened in Chicago Pieter:

[Jaga]

Pieter, this winter was memorable from many reasons. The winter trouble could be avoided if enough electricity was stored. But this was one of the times one could see the cracks in the Polish economy.
I still remember walking back from the New Year's eve celebration. It was cold and snowy, more cold than usual. But the lack of electricity brought people together!