1979 was such a poor winter, that several ski areas here closed for good.
It used to be that we needed a foot of snow for school to be closed. Now, there are times that it's under six inches and they still cancel, not to mention closing due to the cold, which never used to happen. There was a night back in like 1982 when the mercury dropped to minus-30 and there was still school the next morning and kids were out at the bus stop.