That was the sound heard here in Oct 9/10 1979 when 4-10 inches of heavy wet snow fell on still leafed out (but turning) trees. Just the continuous pop, pow, snap, bam from trees breaking.
Not as much as I thought last night while at work, but gets me close to 20 for the year!
Dec 4.9
Jan 6.7
02/01 1.8
02/02 0.1
02/06 3.3
02/07 0.2
02/12 2.8
Total 19.8