and the night was filled with bzzzt *poof*s...

[averygoodun42]

We got about six inches of snow last night. Six inches of very heavy snow on leaf laden trees. In Colorado, when this happens (which is frequently), it means the pruning shears come out, and the sunbeam locusts get destroyed. That's about it, though, because all the power lines are underground. Here, not so much.

275,000 people are without power this morning in New Hampshire. A state of 1,300,000 people.

We were fortunate, yet again, to have our power only blink a few times. A couple of those blinks were short naps, but, well, we have power as of this morning. Last night, as I was making my bed, I heard a fairly loud "bzzzt POOF" and looked out the back window to find the street lamp a street over was no longer shining. And looking outside this morning...

Our backyard screen is almost gone now. Another tree fell down, and branches of the other four were stripped off. Amazingly, nothing fell in our yard, though both the neighbors have branches of various sizes in theirs. The beautiful, thriving young pear tree of our neighbors is a snow covered mound this morning. Their backyard maple is shattered. And that's just what I can see from the windows.

New England isn't set up for early storms in any way, and this year... We've been battered. The ice storm last winter did tremendous damage, and then Irene, while not a true hurricane, did a lot more. And now this? Is it an El Nino year?

Did I mention that before this storm, the record snowfall for October was 3"? Some parts of New Hampshire got over 2 feet last night. Our grand total here was only about 8".

And now I need to go make breakfast and rouse the husband so he can go dig out the snowblower. The only good thing about this storm is that it is early, and the snow will melt. So we still can look forward to the late Fall muddy blahs... ;-)

Comments

[zalena.livejournal.com]

This storm did a lot of damage when it came through CO on Wednesday, including power outages and severe tree damage. But yes, it was almost all melted when I returned on Friday. The trees outside my house are probably going to have to come down as a result... they are crappy asian elm sucker trees, but as my property was denuded this spring, I was holding on to the last vestige of shade I had
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It also appears that my oldest and biggest tree in the backyard, a cottonwood, is dead.

Anyway, you still have electricity, yes? Good luck digging out!

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

Such a shame, to lose so many trees.

[subversa.livejournal.com]

Good lord, honey. What a freak snowfall! And so much damage! :( But I'm glad you didn't lose power ...