Winter storm Alfred, 10/29/11

[JB4310]

Should of had a woman's name cause this one is gonna go down in the record books as a real b*tch.

Not for it's snowfall accumulation, though it breaks all records for October snow, in fact in CT they said all the Octobers snows going back over 100 years combined don't equal this one storm. But it's going to be the massive tree damage and power outages that are remembered for this one.

For some reason the trees were holding their leaves longer than normal this year, so the snow had alot more area to cling to, the branches started snapping like little bombs right away which surprised me.

There are a few threads discussing this storm already but I wanted to put the name in the title.

I'll post some pics later.

JB

 

[RoyJackson]

When did they start naming winter storms?

 

[Rustyiron]

Lost power for 10hrs or so. 13.5" on the table, a little less on the warmer ground. Trick or treat!:laughing:

 

[gmbracing]

lost power twice last night, I love the generator but all the power fail alarms are too much. BEEP BEEP BEEP!!! Got about 12 " on the ground

 

[Powerhorse]

I lost power yesterday night at 8pm. No sign of any utility trucks....generator running non stop...we got roughly 8" of heavy wet snow...the picture is at the end of my driveway.

 

[JB4310]

Well if any of you watched the nightly news tonight you saw what we are up against here. :confused2:

My yard looks like a bomb went off, Friday afternoon it looked like a golf course. I have a couple whole trees down but every other hard wood tree, mostly oaks, have lost large limbs.

Some of these trees were perfect specimens 80 to 100+ years old, most will survive but some look tattered. It's pretty sad, I really like those old trees but I think I'm lucky since there was no collateral damage to buildings or vehicles etc.

One large limb fell thru the roof of my quonset shaped fabric storage shelter. 5 inch dia branch speared straight down and thru the roof just missing 2 tractors, right between them. But this may actually be a blessing, I've been wanting to replace this old one with a larger new one. Not sure, but maybe insurance would cover the cost, though I do have a deductible.

JB

 

[Powerhorse]

Well if any of you watched the nightly news tonight you saw what we are up against here. :confused2:

My yard looks like a bomb went off, Friday afternoon it looked like a golf course. I have a couple whole trees down but every other hard wood tree, mostly oaks, have lost large limbs.

Some of these trees were perfect specimens 80 to 100+ years old, most will survive but some look tattered. It's pretty sad, I really like those old trees but I think I'm lucky since there was no collateral damage to buildings or vehicles etc.

One large limb fell thru the roof of my quonset shaped fabric storage shelter. 5 inch dia branch speared straight down and thru the roof just missing 2 tractors, right between them. But this may actually be a blessing, I've been wanting to replace this old one with a larger new one. Not sure, but maybe insurance would cover the cost, though I do have a deductible.

JB

I would have watched the news tonight but the cable is out....

 

[bellweather]

I'm in western Mass...got over 12", nearly 2' in places

 

[beltfed]

One large limb fell thru the roof of my quonset shaped fabric storage shelter. 5 inch dia branch speared straight down and thru the roof just missing 2 tractors, right between them. But this may actually be a blessing, I've been wanting to replace this old one with a larger new one. Not sure, but maybe insurance would cover the cost, though I do have a deductible.

JB

WOW, thank the tractor gods on that one. Sure would have made a nice dent somewhere if it hit one of the tractors. Time for a pole barn or something more rigid?

 

[VTFireftr]

In southern Vermont we got about 20 inches. Lost power for about 3 hours Saturday night. Since most of the trees are already bare, no major damage. We got hammered from Irene, so I guess we got it "easy" this storm.

Thankfully I had the plow ready to go on my Kioti. Problem was the wife wanted to plow, so I had to clear off the cars and trucks.

Now if we could get a few more storms like this once ski season starts!

Good luck getting your power back.