Trees downtown still bright with fall colors were covered with snow. New York City’s Central Park set a record for both the date and the month of October with 1.3 inches of snow.īut in New Hampshire’s capital of Concord, more than 22 inches fell, weeks ahead of the usual first measurable snowfall. Washington received a trace of snow, tying a 1925 record for the date. Roads that were plowed became impassible because the trees were falling so fast.Īlong the coast and in such cities as Boston, relatively warm water temperatures helped keep snowfall totals much lower. Saturday, she invited neighbors over for an impromptu Halloween party with wine and quesadillas in front of her propane fireplace.Īround Newtown, snow-laden branches were snapping off trees every few minutes. She was already making the best of the outage. “Either way we will get the giant flashlights and we will go,” she said. But no matter what, they will make sure the eight or so children who live in the neighborhood don’t miss out on trick-or-treating. “We would be really sad and it would disappoint a lot of people if we can’t play `Young Frankenstein,’” she said. Sharon Martovich of Southbury, Conn., who was grocery shopping Sunday morning in nearby Newtown at one of the few businesses open for miles, said she’s hoping the power will come back on in time for her husband’s Halloween tradition of playing “Young Frankenstein” on a giant screen in front of their house. The severity of the storm caught many by surprise, and it disrupted Halloween plans, too. “At least I’ll save a few bucks on my electric bill.” What else can I do?” he said Sunday as he gassed up a snow blower to clear his driveway. This outage will be worse than the one caused by Irene, said Peter Bloom, 70, of South Windsor, because he relies on electricity to heat his home. The more than 800,000 who lost power in Connecticut broke a record for the state that was set when the remnants of Hurricane Irene hit the state in August, said Gov. “This is not going to be a quick fix,” said Peter Judge, a Massachusetts emergency management official. That led to limbs breaking off and contributed to the widespread outages. Trees in the neighborhood were snapped in half, with others weighed down so much that the leaves brushed the snow.Ĭompounding the storm’s impact were still-leafy trees, which gave the snow something to hang onto and that put tremendous weight on branches, said National Weather Service spokesman Chris Vaccaro. “Look at this, look at all the damage,” said Jennifer Burckson, 49, after she came outside Sunday morning in South Windsor to find a massive tree branch had smashed her car’s back windshield. The snowstorm was blamed for at least 11 deaths, and states of emergency were declared in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and parts of New York. Snowfall totals topped 27 inches in Plainfield, and nearby Windsor got 26 inches. Communities in western Massachusetts were among the hardest hit. The storm smashed record snowfall totals for October and worsened as it moved north. “I’m starting to think we really ticked off Mother Nature somehow because we’ve been getting spanked by her for about a year now.” “You had this storm, you had Hurricane Irene, you had the flooding last spring and you had the nasty storms last winter,” Tom Jacobsen said Sunday while getting coffee at a convenience store in Hamilton Township, N.J. (we) would hate to have children hurt.”Ī weekend that should have brought activity no more strenuous than raking colorful autumn leaves left Northeasterners weather-weary. “With so many wires down.the sidewalks will not be safe for pedestrians (Monday) night,” said Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton told The Hartford Courant.
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