Major nor-eastern predicted for weekend. Oct 28, 201

Major nor-eastern predicted for weekend. Oct 28, 2011; 8:07 AM ET - The extreme snowstorm that will hit Saturday will cause massive power outages and tree damage. Snowstorm on the Way to the Northeast. Snow will overspread the Northeast Friday night and Saturday morning. At first, rain along I-95, then a change to snow. Heavy wet snow will cut power, fell trees. Heavy wet snow will get started in New York and Pennsylvania Saturday morning. They are expecting a power outage nightmare.

According to Dr. Evelyn Paglini, she sees a bleak outlook for the economy, and is especially concerned about senior citizens, whom she said may have to choose between heat or food, this winter and the next. This winter will be especially frigid, with record ice and snowfalls, leading to power outages and airport closures.

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This map shows the expected storm total snowfall on non-paved surfaces through Saturday night. However, in the heaviest snowfall areas, a slippery, slushy accumulation is likely even on major highways. A few pockets within the heaviest snow band can receive from one to two feet of crushing snow with snowfall rates possibly reaching 2 to 4 inches per hour, complete with thunder and lightning.

A foot of heavy wet, back-breaking snow will plaster areas north and west of I-95 Saturday, causing massive power outages, downed trees and travel nightmares.
ALSO: Saturday vs. Oct. 1987 New England Snow Storm

The storm will hit hard and fast, traveling from southwest to northeast over the mid-Atlantic and New England in less than 24 hours. In most of the mid-Atlantic the storm began as rain, but a change to snow will progress throughout the day.

The heaviest snow from the storm will stretch from along the Virginia/West Virginia border through a large swath of central and eastern Pennsylvania to southeastern New York state, northwestern New Jersey, northern Connecticut, central and western Massachusetts to southern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine.
Cities and towns that are likely to receive the heaviest snowfall include: Torrington, Conn., Hagerstown, Md., Springfield, Mass., Nashua, N.H., Netcong, N.J., Kingston, N.Y., Honesdale, Pa., Winchester, Va., Brattleboro, Vt. and Martinsburg, W.Va.

In these areas and others over the interior Northeast, the snow will come down hard enough to accumulate on the roads making for slippery driving. The worst conditions will be in the hilly areas and the mountains, where slightly lower temperatures are in store.

Thousands of trees could come down, and over a million people could be without power. Some rural roads could be blocked for days by fallen trees. Driving or walking through wooded areas during and immediately following the storm could be dangerous.

Thunderstorms could accompany the snow (and the rain), adding to the drama. A freeze-up will follow the storm Saturday night into Sunday morning leading to areas of black ice.
I-95
While the heaviest accumulation will miss the I-95 cities from Washington, D.C., and Baltimore to Philadelphia, New York, Providence and Boston, some wet snow will fall on the heart of the downtown areas and can cover rooftops, trees and grassy areas before the storm moves away.

A burst of snow is likely to hit the I-95 cities at the tail end of the storm. Even so, streets in the downtown areas of these cities will be mainly wet.

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A significant, rare October snowstorm will plow through the Northeast Saturday through early Sunday morning. Scroll down or use the links below to view the forecast and current conditions to guide you through the storm.

NEW YORK — A rare October snowstorm blasted across the heavily populated U.S. Northeast on Saturday, knocking out power to about 2.5 million customers, delaying airline flights and threatening some areas with up to a foot of snow.

Three storm-related deaths were reported. One occurred in Springfield, Mass., where a 20-year-old motorist got out of a car and touched a guardrail electrified by a downed power line, WWLP.com reported. Police Capt. William Collins said the man stopped when he saw police and firefighters examining downed wires and stepped in the wrong place.

In southeastern Pennsylvania, a snow-laden tree fell on a home, killing an 84-year-old man who was napping in his recliner. In Colchester, Conn., there was a traffic-related death, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said.

By 2 p.m. EDT, New York City had broken an October snow record with 1.3 inches in Central Park, making this the snowiest October there since records began being kept in 1869, NBC New York reported.

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(Reuters) - One of the darkest Halloweens ever loomed for about 3 million households left without power on Sunday by a rare October snowstorm in the Northeast that bedeviled transportation and killed at least eight people.

Jack-o'-lanterns peeked through record-breaking snow, the heaviest of which was 31.4 inches measured in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, according to the National Weather Service.

Just 45 minutes northwest of New York City, in West Milford, New Jersey, 19 inches of snow fell.

"It's too scary -- the windows are rattling too loud," a terrified Sophia Band, 6, said, her father recalled, as she jumped into her parents' bed in Conway, Massachusetts overnight during the crushing storm.

The snowy, windy weather that began on Saturday was expected to exit Maine later on Sunday, but not before dumping up to a foot of snow on northern New England, particularly southern Vermont, the National Weather Service said.

Howling winds and heavy, wet snow snapped enormous trees like twigs, downing power lines from West Virginia to Maine.

By Sunday evening, there were about 3 million households without electricity across the Mid-Atlantic and New England.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said the state experienced the largest number of power outages in its history. Maine, Massachusetts and New Jersey all said they did not expect service to return to normal for several days, while in Connecticut and New Hampshire it could be more than a week.

In Hartford, Mayor Pedro Segarra said almost 70 percent of the city was in the dark. Most Connecticut cities opened warming centers late Sunday for chilled residents.

Throughout Connecticut and New Jersey, scores of public schools closings were announced for Monday.

Despite the darkness and cold, trick or treaters stuck with plans to make their annual candy rounds, with last-minute adjustments like tucking thermal underwear beneath a bridal gown or donning a turtleneck under a galactic warrior tunic.

STRANDED FOR 13 HOURS ON TRAIN

Transit nightmares were reported on planes and trains throughout the storm-struck region.

Some 48 passengers on an Amtrak train bound for Boston were stranded for 13 hours overnight when a rockslide blocked the tracks near central Massachusetts, company spokeswoman Vernae Graham said. They were bussed to their final destinations before noon on Sunday.

Other Amtrak service was suspended between Providence and Boston; New Haven, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts; and Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

New Jersey Transit and Metro-North Railroad suspended service on several lines into New York City on Sunday.

Airports slowly returned to normal service on Sunday, although there were some residual delays due to wind at Newark International Airport.

JetBlue Airways was investigating reports 126 passengers were stuck for more than seven hours Saturday on the tarmac at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut, without food, water or working lavatories, said spokeswoman Victoria Lucia. They were aboard Flight 504 from Florida, diverted to Bradley from Newark due to the storm.

The company apologized directly to the customers and offered a refund and vouchers for a round trip flight, Lucia said.

AT LEAST EIGHT STORM-RELATED DEATHS

Icy roads throughout the Northeast proved deadly. Early Sunday, Oscar Ramos, 40, was killed in Wayne, New Jersey, when his car smashed into a utility truck parked along Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne Police said.

In White Plains, New York, a 65-year-old driver and two passengers, a 70-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man, were killed when the driver tried to go around a snow barricade erected by police and slammed head-on into another vehicle.

Slippery conditions caused the crash and death of a man driving in Colchester, Connecticut on Saturday, and in Stroud Township, Pennsylvania, a 57-year-old female passenger was killed when her husband lost control of their car on icy Route 611.

In Temple, Pennsylvania, an 84-year-old man was killed as he napped in his recliner when a snow-laden tree fell through his home, and in Springfield, Massachusetts, a 20-year-old man was electrocuted when he stepped out of his vehicle and touched an electrified guard rail.

Weather emergencies because of the storm were declared in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

A breakdown of power outages Sunday evening showed more than 800,000 households out in Connecticut; over 640,000 in Massachusetts; more than 600,000 in New Jersey; more than 400,000 in Pennsylvania; over 240,000 in New Hampshire; about 75,000 in Maine; around 160,000 in New York; and some 9,500 in Rhode Island.

(Reuters) - Devastation from the rare and deadly October snowstorm haunted the Northeast on Monday, leaving 2.2 million households without power, canceling schools, postponing Halloween fun and snarling the morning commute.

The storm that raged from West Virginia to Maine ended late Sunday and was blamed for at least eight deaths, most of them on slippery roads, some barricaded to steer traffic away from downed trees and live power lines.

Ghost and goblin decorations were blanketed with record-breaking snow, the heaviest 32 inches measured in the Western Massachusetts town of Peru, according to the National Weather Service.

Just 45 minutes northwest of New York City, in West Milford, New Jersey, 19 inches of snow fell.

Despite sunny weather on Monday, suspensions remained in effect on several New Jersey Transit train lines into New York City.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said 100 state roads were closed and about 200 more partially closed.

Across the Northeast more than 2.2 million customers remained without power on Monday morning.

"What a storm, my power is still out!" said a Monday morning Twitter post from U.S. Senator Scott Brown about his Wrentham, Massachusetts home.

Connecticut was particularly hard-hit and Malloy called the power outages in his state the worst in history.

He said roughly 8,000 United Illuminating Company customers without power should be restored by the end of Monday.

Once that restoration is complete, the company said it will release crews to assist CL&P with restoration efforts in other parts of the state where around 740,000 customers were still without power.

In New Jersey, PSE&G was relying on help from utility crews traveling from Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi to help restore power to some of their thousands of customers who were out.

Snow days, usually not tapped until at least after Thanksgiving, were declared by scores of public schools that remained shut throughout the Northeast.

While schoolchildren were delighted with the surprise long weekend, their parents were advised to adjust Halloween trick-or-treat routines to end at dark and include an adult to watch for dangerous live wires.

In Worcester, Massachusetts, the city asked parents, schools and neighbors to postpone Halloween celebrations until Thursday when the weather was expected to be warmer and downed trees and power lines would likely be cleared.

The New Hampshire communities of Manchester and Nashua also put off trick or treating, rescheduling the annual candy collection until Sunday, November 6.

The breakdown of the massive outages includes: nearly 750,000 customers still without power in Connecticut; nearly 525,000 in Massachusetts; more than 360,000 in New Jersey; around 220,000 in Pennsylvania; about 128,000 in New York; just over 200,000 in New Hampshire; about 21,000 in Maine and about 1,700 in Rhode Island.

They were doing a bunch of spraying all last week, and then we have this "freak" snowstorm.

Riiiight.

Yes, the Iluminati are playing with their toys again. Heavy chemtrail spraying over
Phoenix all last week and this week as well.

Woke up today to a VERY strange looking sky with an odd color to it, and this evening
we had a major dust storm - in November!

I'm sorry C1. I've not seen any follow-up on Northeast snowstorm in MSM. Discouraging.

HARTFORD, Conn. -- 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.

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