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CJ · Site Admin Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 10155

NE USA October snow, wind storm

October 29, 2011
An October snowstorm haunts thousands of people likely to lose power in the Northeast this weekend, and could be left without heat for days.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/we...weekend-storm-wet-snow_2011-10-26
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/...rushing-cruising-snowstorm-to.asp
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/...eople-who-lose-power-this-wee.asp
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/...alloween-weekend-screamer-for.asp

Wintry Weather Hits U.S., Both East and West
Colorado also has plenty of beautiful snow
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10...ast-this-weekend/?test=latestnews

FLORIDA
Tropical Rainstorm Rina will fuel heavy showers and thunderstorms across central and southern Florida through Saturday morning, bringing a risk of localized flooding.
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/...ropical-rainstorm-rina-bringi.asp

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BornAgain2 · Joined: 12 Dec 2009 Posts: 9584

Early snow pelts East Coast, cuts power to 2M

October 29, 2011 Saturday STATE COLLEGE, Pa.
An early and powerful nor'easter dumped wet, heavy snow Saturday from the mid-Atlantic to New England,
toppling leafy trees and power lines and knocking out electricity to more than 2 million homes and businesses.

Communities inland were getting hit hardest, with eastern Pennsylvania serving as the bull's-eye for the storm. West Milford, N.J., about 45 miles northwest of New York City, had received 15.5 inches of snow by Saturday night, while Plainfield, Mass., had gotten 14.3 inches. New York City's Central Park set a record for both the date and the month of October with 1.3 inches of snow.

More than 2.2 million customers lost power from Maryland north through Massachusetts, and utilities were bringing in crews from other states to help restore it. More than half a million residents in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut were without power, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. By late Saturday, the storm had vacated most of Pennsylvania and was tracking northeast.

Throughout the region, officials had warned that the early storm would bring sticky snow on the heels of the week's warmer weather and could create dangerous conditions. New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts declared states of emergencies. Connecticut authorities blamed at least one traffic death on the storm.

"It's a little startling. I mean, it's only October," said Craig Brodur, who was playing keno with a friend at Northampton Convenience in western Massachusetts, which had received about 4 inches of snow by Saturday night.

And the storm was expected to worsen as it swept north. The heaviest snowfall was forecast for later in the day into Sunday in the Massachusetts Berkshires, the Litchfield Hills in northwestern Connecticut, southwestern New Hampshire and the southern Green Mountains. Wind gusts of up to 55 mph were predicted especially along coastal areas.

Some said that even though they knew a storm was coming, the severity caught them by surprise.
"This is absolutely a lot more snow than I expected to see today. I can't believe it's not even Halloween and it's snowing already," Carole Shepherd of Washington Township, N.J., said after shoveling her driveway.

The storm disrupted travel along the Eastern Seaboard. Philadelphia International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport all had hourslong delays Saturday. Amtrak suspended service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., and commuter trains in Connecticut and New York were delayed or suspended because of downed trees and signal problems.

Residents were urged to avoid travel altogether. Speed limits were reduced on bridges between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A few roads closed because of accidents and downed trees and power lines, and more were expected, said Sean Brown, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

The storm came on a busy weekend for many, with trick-or-treaters going door-to-door in search of Halloween booty, hunting season opening in some states and a full slate of college and pro football scheduled.
But the snow didn't deter the travel plans of Dave Baker, who's been going to Penn State football games for 45 years and made the 200-mile drive from Warminster, outside Philadelphia. He merely adjusted his packing list: Out went the breakfast fixings — his group ate early at a restaurant rather than at the tailgate — in stayed the burgers and hot dogs. And the cold came in handy.
"I didn't have to buy as much ice for the beer," he said.

Elsewhere outside the stadium, 11-year-old Cody Carnes of Pittsburgh made a large snowball as he sweated underneath five layers of clothes — a rain slicker, coat, sweatshirt, T-shirt and thermal. Another fan wore a foam Donkey Kong costume headpiece as he walked to a tailgate.
"It keeps my head nice and warm," explained Matt Langston, 25, a graduate student from Harrisburg.

In eastern Pennsylvania, snow caused widespread problems. It toppled trees and a few power lines and led to minor traffic accidents, according to dispatchers. Allentown, expected to get 4 to 8 inches, is likely to break the city's October record of 2.2 inches set on Halloween in 1925.

Philadelphia was seeing mostly rain, but what snow fell coated downtown roofs in white. The city was expected to get 1 to 3 inches, its first measurable October snow since 1979, with a bit more in some suburbs, meteorologist Mitchell Gaines said.

The last major widespread snowstorm to hit Pennsylvania this early was in 1972, said John LaCorte, a National Weather Service meteorologist in State College.
Southern New Jersey was soaked with heavy rains and winds that ranged from 20 to 35 mph, while northern communities awaited the arrival of 5 to 10 inches of snow. Jersey Central Power & Light, which was heavily criticized for being too slow to restore power following Hurricane Irene, had hundreds of workers set to be deployed.

Parts of New York saw a mix of snow, rain and slush that made for sheer misery at the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City, where drenched protesters hunkered down in tents and under tarps as the plaza filled with rainwater and melted snow.
Technically, tents are banned in the park, but protesters say authorities have been looking the other way, even despite a crackdown on generators that were keeping them warm.

"I want to thank the New York Police Department," said 32-year-old protester Sam McBee, decked out in a yellow slicker and rain pants. "We're not supposed to have tents. We're not supposed to have sleeping bags. You go to Atlanta, they don't have it. You go to Oakland, you don't have it. And we got it."

October snowfall is rare in New York, and Saturday marked just the fourth October day with measurable snowfall in Central Park since record-keeping began 135 years ago, the National Weather Service said.

Along the coast and in such cities as Boston, relatively warm water temperatures could keep the snowfall totals much lower, meteorologist Bill Simpson said, with 1 to 3 inches of snowfall forecast along the I-95 corridor. Washington received a trace of snow, tying a record for the date set in 1925.

But October snow records could be broken in parts of southern New England, especially at higher elevations. The October record for southern New England is 7.5 inches of snow in Worcester, Mass., in 1979.

Rain and snow were due to begin falling on Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine during the day, with the heaviest snow falling overnight. Parts of southern Vermont could receive more than a foot.

The first measurable snow in New England usually falls in early December, and normal highs for late October are in the mid-50s.

But not everyone was lamenting the unofficial arrival of winter.
Two Vermont ski resorts, Killington and Mount Snow, started the ski season early by opening one trail each over the weekend, thanks to the recent snow and cold. Maine's Sunday River ski resort also opened for the weekend.

In State College, 14-year-old Mac Charvala and his brother Will, 10, of South Orange, N.J., were using new body boards to slide along an inch of slushy snow covering a parking lot.
"We've never been to a snow game before," said their father, Mike. "It's an adventure. If you don't want to have fun, stay home."
http://news.yahoo.com/early-snow-...oast-cuts-power-2m-012748274.html

CJ · Site Admin Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 10155

Wind, snow storm slams Northeast, Mid-Atlantic USA

October 30, 2011 Sunday
It may be October but its almost November and this area has had snow every year.
The weather channel is being over-hyped to excess all year about anything. WHY? They sound downright hysterical.

3 deaths blamed on storm, states of emergency declared across Northeast USA
Over 3 million (?) lose power, no heat in the cold.
Trees fall, still in leaf, cause power outages and start fires
A foot of snow in some places snarls air and highway travel, other places only an inch.
It could be days before many see electricity restored.
is around the corner. More than 2.3 million customers from Maryland to New England lost power by early Sunday.
Governors declared states of emergency in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York.
ttp://www.cnn.com/2011/10/29/us/east-coast-storm/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/s...er-snowstorm-northeast/50996734/1
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/...mages-falling-northeast-trees.asp
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45086542/ns/weather/#.Tq0hsvQf7bU
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/20...ts-east-coast-with-wet-heavy-snow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15502380

PHOTOS
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/...ortheast-weekend-snowstorm-in.asp
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/...arning-adorable-fourlegged-fr.asp

Occupy anarchists, Anti-Wall Street protesters vow to stay regardless of cold weather. I hope they get double pneumonia. Divine Justice.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45079...ements-valley-forge/#.Tq0in_Qf7bU
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/29/us/...-wall-street/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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CJ · Site Admin Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 10155

Snowstorm cuts power to over 3 million customers
6 deaths blamed on storm
Hundreds of Schools Close

October 30, 2011 Sunday
Millions of people from Maine to Maryland were without power as an unseasonably early storm dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow.
The storm worsened as it moved north, and communities in western Massachusetts were among the hardest hit. Snowfall totals topped 27 inches in Plainfield, and nearby Windsor had gotten 26 inches by early Sunday.
The 750,000 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. People could be without electricity for as long as a week, said Gov. Dannel Malloy.
This outage will be worse than one caused by Irene, said Peter Bloom, 70, of South Windsor, because he relies on electricity to heat his home.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/s...er-snowstorm-northeast/50996734/1
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45093724/ns/weather
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10...st-coast-snowstorm-near-3-million
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BornAgain2 · Joined: 12 Dec 2009 Posts: 9584

..Many in chilly NE mark 8th day without power
By STEPHANIE REITZ - Associated Press | AP – 3 hrs ago..

11/6/11

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tens of thousands in the chilly Northeast remained without power Sunday, eight days after a rare October snowstorm knocked much of the region into the dark.

Many spent another day without lights or heat, lingering at shopping malls, hitting the movies or bunking at friends' homes as they faced the possibility of another day without power.

The Oct. 29 and 30 storm hammered the Northeast and cut electricity to more than 3 million homes and businesses throughout the region.

In hardest hit Connecticut, more than 104,000 customers were still in the dark Sunday. New Jersey and Massachusetts each had about 4,000 customers still waiting for the lights to come back on, and utilities there expected to have power restored by midnight.

Connecticut Light & Power, the state's largest utility, was sticking to its goal of restoring electricity to 99 percent of its 1.2 million customers by midnight.

"This remains a very aggressive goal, and we're doing everything we possibly can to deliver on that goal," said CL&P President Jeffrey Butler, who also has been without power since his generator quit at his home in one of the hardest-hit towns west of Hartford.

New estimates released by CL&P showed that the last of the customers might not see their power restored until sometime Wednesday, leaving many to wonder whether they would wake up Monday to find themselves in that final 1 percent without power.

"We're disappointed, discouraged, tired, but I don't know what else you can really say," said Chet Matczak of Simsbury, an especially hard-hit suburb. "A lot of this is just the luck of the draw."

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has launched an independent probe of the utility companies' response amid a torrent of customer complaints, including a local fire department that said CL&P jeopardized safety by not quickly clearing roads of downed power lines and tree limbs.

Malloy said Sunday he remained doubtful CL&P could meet its midnight goal. He said he assigned state Attorney General George Jepsen to work with the group investigating the storm outage response.

"I want to ensure the state preserves its legal options on behalf of itself and on behalf of Connecticut utility customers," Malloy said. "I'm not pre-judging anything, but it's clear that CL&P's response to this storm has been inadequate."

Malloy added that the general election Tuesday remains on track, but some municipalities might consolidate voting at locations with electricity if other polling places were still in the dark.

In Somers, a northern Connecticut town on the Massachusetts border, First Selectman Lisa Pellegrini said a team of supervised crews of minimum-security inmates from nearby state prisons were dispatched to clear town property of trees, limbs and other debris so power restoration could move more quickly.

She said CL&P president Butler called her Saturday, but she still was not confident the utility would have most of the power restored by Sunday night.

"(Butler) asked me how I was doing and I said, 'Pretty lousy, but I think you're having a worse day than I am,'" Pellegrini said.

Some still without power turned to Facebook, Twitter and email to express their frustration. A few were especially unsympathetic to Butler. A Facebook post Sunday with the utility president's picture read: "Rumors that my gold-plated residential backup generator runs on the refined tears of orphan children are totally unfounded."

http://news.yahoo.com/many-chilly...-day-without-power-204802790.html

CJ · Site Admin Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 10155

Still No Power for Thousands in NE
November 07, 2011
Tens of thousands of Connecticut residents went to bed wondering whether they would awake Monday to find themselves among an unenviable fraternity: the small percentage of people entering their second week without power.
The electrical outages, the legacy of a storm that hammered the Northeast on Oct. 29 and 30, were largely an unpleasant memory by Sunday night for most of the 3 million who lost power at the height of the storm. But in Connecticut, nearly 60,000 residents remained without electricity, nine days after the storm. Outside the state, only a few hundred customers remained without power.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11...ay-without-power/?test=latestnews

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