As some southeastern Massachusetts communities and the state of Rhode Island still try to dig out from Monday’s nor’easter, many have drawn comparisons to the standard by which all the region’s snowstorms are measured — the Blizzard of ’78.
These two blockbuster winter storms certainly share some characteristics — including hurricane-force wind gusts and relentless snowfall.
And both storms descended on the area on a Monday — Feb. 6 in ’78…