In January of 1978, a massive winter storm struck the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions of the U.S. (as well as parts of southern Canada).
Nine months after the historic “Great Blizzard of 1978,” a baby girl was born into the Redstone family of Indianapolis.
Her name? Victoria Gale — middle name in commemoration of the “winter gale,” as her father Marion told the The Indianapolis Star in 1993.
Sources:
- Adams, Dwight. “Snowdrifts, strandings, deaths and babies: How Blizzard of ’78 affected Indiana, Illinois.” Indianapolis Star 25 Jan. 2021.
- The Great Blizzard of 1978 – National Weather Service
Image: Adapted from the daily weather map for January 26, 1978 (NOAA)