I'm from Erie myself and was 6 when the '77 blizzard hit. I remember I was with my mom and we were just leaving a grocery store and just made it home in time. I lived on 34th Street about a block from State. My parents are both from Erie too. We took off in '80 for Florida, the winters were all pretty bad during the late '70s. Unfortunately, I missed out on all the good steelhead fishing that started up in the 80's. Although the fishing in FL wasn't too bad either.