ChrisM

Are there still piles of snow otg anywhere from Oct?

Huh?

Did you mean 2001?

If you meant 2001 you are probably thinking of the Nov 16, 2002 ice storm in CT...yes, November....really early, but it smoked the higher elevation of CT with a lot of ice damage. It wasn't devastating like 2008 in MA or '73 in CT, but it was pretty bad. Def the worst ice storm in CT in the past decade.

Yeah 02. Was unbelievable. Exploding transformers EVERYWHERE even days later. Still bent trees in my yard from that

You are thinking of the Dec 16, 1973 ice storm if you were in CT at the time...that was the worst ice storm there in the past 50 years minimum...possibly 100 years.

The 2008 ice storm here had local effects worse than Oct 2011 and I think part of the reason Oct 2011 wasn't as bad was because of the Dec 2008 ice storm...it pruned so many large vulnerable branches that weren't there to get ripped off in 2011 like in the lowest parts of ORH and obviously down in Hartford and including Kevin's Tolland CT...most of CT except higher spots in Litchfield county avoided much damage in Dec 2008.

Oct 2011 still had some good damage here, but it could have been so much worse if 2008 hadn't happened before it...but of course we went through the disaster 3 years earlier with people not having pwoer for 7-14 days around here back then. Most people in this area in October got it back within 5 days this time. I was out for about 60 hours.

Hey will, what was the ice storm around here in maybe 2001? I have great stories from that for when I'm not on my phone even.thoufh I was about 11

Yeah, the lasting effects of a few storms last winter was memorable, to say the least.

1978 closed schools for a week. All roads in CT were closed except to emergency vehicles - and there was widespread damage on the coast. Oct 2011 had a major impact, but probably not as widespread, but it hit CT hard in some spots.

There was an ice storm in '74 (I think). I have vague recollections of being able to actually use flexible flyer runner sleds since the ice was so thick. No power for at least a few days.

I don't remember 1888.

I wasn't even a thought in 78 so I can't comment, but maybe being at my 1000' location in nw ct skewed my Oct '11 view. We got buried, originally told our power could be out 20 days. Looked literally like a warzone. We STILL see trucks cleaning up debris from the storm this way. Pete got more snow, but our ratios sucked so it was way heavier here.. I honestly think nw ct got it worst..especially over 600'...moreso over 800-900

Yeah agreed.

Looking at specific storms we all have memories of different ones for different reasons. 3/93, 1/96, 4/97, 3/01, 2/03 all have pretty special places in my weather memory. Oct 11 blows them all out of the water though.

I'm young, but I have bits of memories from 96. I remember being in a sliding car with high drifts and snowbanks. Weird the snapshots your mind takes

My dad just told me 78 was his worst.

Trying to put October 2011 in some type of historical perspective in CT. I can't think of any snowstorm other than 1978 that had the same type of societal impact in post-1900. Can anyone think of any others?

Not a single storm but last year was amazing. Classes canceled for a week at universities and longer than that ay public schools. Roofs collapsed etc, unbelievable.

Watching 22" of destructive snow pile up in Oct '11 is something ill never forget. Then driving to willimantic and seeing only 4" the day after was just as amazing

Wow, when I saw this title my heart sank so bad. Now I think it's kinda funny, those pictures are great lol. I seriously almost drove down to his house if it was true...

god you guys are s

and I love it.

people feeling it all the way in Massachusetts!