MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
It was (and continues to be) pretty rough: almost 1,000,000 homes and businesses lost power, NH hit particulary bad (Nashua, NH and region w/o power since yesterday a.m.), ditto most southern coastal counties of Maine. Adirondacks/NY hit heavily as well.
Storm widened in north/south depth as it moved ENE, so much of Maine was affected. Emergency heating shelters set up all over the state for those w/o power or generators. Lots of trees and power lines down, icing was up to 1" in regions, many of which expect to be w/o power for up to 3 days.
I'm frankly amazed that my region retained power (!! a first !!). We lucked out due to the sun emerging at around 1 p.m., quickly melting off much of the ice (not as much here) that was weighing down tree branches. Temps began bottoming out by 3. Anyone who didn't get driveways cleared (us) by that hour was SOL/in for some hard work.
All Maine ski resorts were affected by the rain-to-ice and will require the better part of the weekend to repair.
Heads up to anyone traveling in this region: lots of road ice still out there, much of it "black."
Storm widened in north/south depth as it moved ENE, so much of Maine was affected. Emergency heating shelters set up all over the state for those w/o power or generators. Lots of trees and power lines down, icing was up to 1" in regions, many of which expect to be w/o power for up to 3 days.
I'm frankly amazed that my region retained power (!! a first !!). We lucked out due to the sun emerging at around 1 p.m., quickly melting off much of the ice (not as much here) that was weighing down tree branches. Temps began bottoming out by 3. Anyone who didn't get driveways cleared (us) by that hour was SOL/in for some hard work.
All Maine ski resorts were affected by the rain-to-ice and will require the better part of the weekend to repair.
Heads up to anyone traveling in this region: lots of road ice still out there, much of it "black."