34 years ago today.....

 Growing up in the 518, snow usually started falling around November, and would continue until as late as April.

On October 4, 1987, Old Man Winter came calling a wee bit early.

No one was prepared for the storm that hit the Northeast, disrupting traffic, including public transportation. I ventured out of my apartment maybe once that day, thankful that, unlike rural areas, downtown still had power.

Back then, Fay's Drugs was the #3 pharmacy chain in the market, behind CVS and Rite Aid, the latter of which, through a series of mergers, would eventually absorb Fay's years later. Today, Rite Aid is itself a subsidiary of Walgreen's. The NFL was using replacement players because the Players Association went on strike, though it wouldn't last very long.

WTEN expanded its 6 pm (ET) news to a full hour to provide maximum coverage of the storm. Co-anchor Greg Floyd is now with WRGB. Doug Myers later left the station to work at Albany Airport in communications.

Of course, you know by now that Niagara Mohawk was rebooted as National Grid. A few years later, co-anchor Marci Elliott would do a series of radio & TV ads with WFLY morning co-host Leonard "Woody" Wood for a local sponsor, then leave the market.