Snowtober aftermath

If Mother Nature was trying to send us a message, we got it loud and clear.

This past weekend has been one I haven't experienced. Not because it snowed in late October, but it was the loss of power, phones, heat and constant cold for 3 days that I haven't experienced in my life.



The snow itself being so clumpy and leaves still on branches that was the cause of a great chunk of Massachusetts and Connecticut losing power on Saturday night. A bunch of branches from tress behind my house crashed to the ground ruing the snowstorm. We must have got around 6-8 inches when it was all over.



Since we lost power that night, my Mom and I were freezing. Sure, we had candles, flashlights, batteries and radios, we didn't prepare for having no heat for 3 days, as were many people in the town I live in. I thought we were only going to be out of power for a few hours, not a few days.



So, I was very happy that the power went back on late Monday night. We got phone and cell phone service back after that. We're pretty much back to normal where I live, but I can't say the same for other towns in my state.

And to those who want to trade places with me... do you really want to trade spots and probably face something like we went through up here this weekend?

I never realized leaves on the trees could cause that much damage with snow. o__O 6-8 inches doesn't sound like that much on paper.

I know my best friend is still without power, or at least I assume so -- he's in Connecticut and he said yesterday he had 8-10 days until they were getting power back where he lived. I hope he's doing okay. :(

sammi-san;bt70499 said:

I never realized leaves on the trees could cause that much damage with snow. o__O 6-8 inches doesn't sound like that much on paper.

I know my best friend is still without power, or at least I assume so -- he's in Connecticut and he said yesterday he had 8-10 days until they were getting power back where he lived. I hope he's doing okay. :(

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It was not only the snow on the leaves. The snow itself was clumped up as it fell and that caused more weight.

You friend must live north of Hartford. The radio said that it would take them longer to get power restored down there. Honestly, I thought that I would not get power back until Thursday.

6-8 inches is a lot of snow in one sitting. Especially when it's clumpy like this storm was.

Not that the Northeast's frail and shoddy power grid needed any help being fickle and shoddy. Shouldn't go out during every extreme weather event like it seems to have done over the past decade.