October 2026 general discussion

[WinterWolf]

33 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Snow on the grassy surfaces at Clayton Lake.

And so it begins….

[WinterWolf]

1 hour ago, FXWX said:

There's a restaurant in the middle of Norfolk, CT... they have pictures of the landscape (hill sides) taken shortly after the 38 event; nary a tree to be seen!!! 

Must be a site to behold.  Cat 3’s (that are moving at 50 mph) will do that. 

[Damage In Tolland]

2 hours ago, FXWX said:

There's a restaurant in the middle of Norfolk, CT... they have pictures of the landscape (hill sides) taken shortly after the 38 event; nary a tree to be seen!!! 

People think we joke when we say we want whole forests/ hillsides blown down. It has happened and will soon 

[Connecticut Appleman]

2 hours ago, FXWX said:

There's a restaurant in the middle of Norfolk, CT... they have pictures of the landscape (hill sides) taken shortly after the 38 event; nary a tree to be seen!!! 

My family is from Norfolk and I grew up there as well.  My father was 8 in 1938.  The flooding was the really big issue - he would tell us stories of him and his 6 brothers along with their mother wading through the flooded Blackberry river with his mother threatening them to an ounce of their lives that they had to hold hands as tight as possible to get through the water.

I believe the hillsides were pretty denuded from the charcoal industry and farming - I don't believe '38 took huge stands of trees in Norfolk.  I have seen photos from relatives earlier than 1938 that show the hillsides as pasture with sheep grazing on Haystack Mountain.

[kdxken]

First twenties this weekend? After we get past Friday it looks like some pretty fine weather.