Photos: Anniversary of the great 'White Halloween' storm
In 2011, a "white Halloween" storm with record-setting snowfalls brought down trees across the northeastern U.S., knocking out power to millions and shutting down streets, schools, and in some cases Halloween celebrations. Parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire received over 30 inches, while some areas of Connecticut were without power for 11 days.
October Snow
- Robert F. Bukaty
A jack-o'-lantern is covered with snow during a storm, Sunday Oct. 30, 2011, in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
October Snow
- Jacqueline Larma
A car drives through the campus of Haverford College, in Haverford, Pa. Saturday Oct. 29, 2011. A classic nor'easter was chugging along up the East Coast and expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date for a type of storm more associated with midwinter. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
October Snow
- Gene J. Puskar
Jill Shapiro takes photographs of the falling snow at a park in Bellefonte, Pa., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. A classic nor'easter is moving along the East Coast and is expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date for a type of storm more associated with midwinter. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
October Snow
- Lee Ferris
A car attempts to drive along Mountain Road in Cornwall, N.Y., Sunday, October 30. 2011. Millions of people from Maine to Maryland are without power after an unseasonably early nor'easter dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow. (AP Photo/Lee Ferris).
October Snow
- Bettina Hansen
New Britain, Conn, roads have little traffic as schools and businesses are closed Monday Oct. 31, 2011, after a weekend snowstorm. More than 750,000 customers in the state were without power from the storm, which set Connecticut records for outages and snowfall so early in the season. (AP Photo/Bettina Hansen, Pool)
October Snow
- Elise Amendola
A snowplow truck backs away from a street blocked by downed power lines in North Andover, Mass. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in the wake of a storm which dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that snapped trees and power lines, and caused widespread power failures. Millions of people from Maine to Maryland are without power after the unseasonably early nor'easter dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
October Snow
- Jessica Hill
A man walks near a tree down on a power line a day after a snow storm in Glastonbury, Conn., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
October Snow
- Lee Ferris
Heavy wet snow covers a snowplow along Ridge Road in Cornwall, NY on, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Millions of people from Maine to Maryland are without power after an unseasonably early nor'easter dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow. (AP Photo/Lee Ferris)
October Snow
- Michael Dwyer
Sarah Arel clears snow from her roof in Ashburnham, Mass., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Millions of people in the U.S. Northeast were without power as an unseasonably early storm dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
October Snow
- Rich Schultz
The Roxbury Mall on Route 10 in Roxbury, N.J. is darkened and closed due to a power outage Monday Oct. 31, 2011. An unusual October snow storm this past Saturday dumped up to 15 inches of snow in some areas of N.J. causing power outages across the state. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
October Snow
- Steven Senne
Tracy Ward, of Wilbraham, Mass., prepares dinner by the light of lanterns for her family during a blackout in their Wilbraham home Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. Snow and high winds from a rare late October storm brought down trees and tree limbs across the state, damaging power lines and leaving many without electricity. The Ward family lost power Saturday afternoon. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
October Snow
- Steven Senne
Members of the Ward family, from the left, mother Tracey, daughter Melanie, son Ben, bottom right, and father Chris, right, eat dinner by the light of lanterns during a blackout in their Wilbraham home Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The Wards have been without power since Saturday after snow and high winds from a rare late October storm brought down trees and tree limbs across the state, damaging power lines and leaving many without electricity. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
October Snow
- Rich Schultz
Residents look at a transformer that lies in the middle of Maple Ave. in Newton, N.J. Monday Oct. 31, 2011. An unusual October snow storm this past Saturday dumped up to 15 inches of snow in some areas of N.J. causing power outages across the state. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
October Snow
- Elise Amendola
Army National Guardsman Sgt. Daniel McGonagle, right, works alongside Barre firefighter David Stymiest to clear trees and make roads passable in Barre, Mass. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The unseasonable winter storm over the weekend dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow and snapped trees and power lines, causing widespread power failures and threatening to disrupt Halloween trick-or-treating. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
October Snow
- Mel Evans
Potomac Electric Power Company workers Mike Fitzgerald, left, and Scott Welsh work to restore power to homes left in the dark since Saturday's storm in Teaneck, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
October Snow
- Jessica Hill
A lone dry leaf remains attached to a snow-covered branch a day after a snow storm in Glastonbury, Conn., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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October Snow
- Jacqueline Larma
A car drives through the campus of Haverford College, in Haverford, Pa. Saturday Oct. 29, 2011. A classic nor'easter was chugging along up the East Coast and expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date for a type of storm more associated with midwinter. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
October Snow
- Gene J. Puskar
Jill Shapiro takes photographs of the falling snow at a park in Bellefonte, Pa., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. A classic nor'easter is moving along the East Coast and is expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date for a type of storm more associated with midwinter. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
October Snow
- Lee Ferris
A car attempts to drive along Mountain Road in Cornwall, N.Y., Sunday, October 30. 2011. Millions of people from Maine to Maryland are without power after an unseasonably early nor'easter dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow. (AP Photo/Lee Ferris).
October Snow
- Bettina Hansen
New Britain, Conn, roads have little traffic as schools and businesses are closed Monday Oct. 31, 2011, after a weekend snowstorm. More than 750,000 customers in the state were without power from the storm, which set Connecticut records for outages and snowfall so early in the season. (AP Photo/Bettina Hansen, Pool)
October Snow
- Elise Amendola
A snowplow truck backs away from a street blocked by downed power lines in North Andover, Mass. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in the wake of a storm which dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow that snapped trees and power lines, and caused widespread power failures. Millions of people from Maine to Maryland are without power after the unseasonably early nor'easter dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
October Snow
- Lee Ferris
Heavy wet snow covers a snowplow along Ridge Road in Cornwall, NY on, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Millions of people from Maine to Maryland are without power after an unseasonably early nor'easter dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow. (AP Photo/Lee Ferris)
October Snow
- Michael Dwyer
Sarah Arel clears snow from her roof in Ashburnham, Mass., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Millions of people in the U.S. Northeast were without power as an unseasonably early storm dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping at leaves in October than shoveling snow. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
October Snow
- Rich Schultz
The Roxbury Mall on Route 10 in Roxbury, N.J. is darkened and closed due to a power outage Monday Oct. 31, 2011. An unusual October snow storm this past Saturday dumped up to 15 inches of snow in some areas of N.J. causing power outages across the state. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
October Snow
- Steven Senne
Tracy Ward, of Wilbraham, Mass., prepares dinner by the light of lanterns for her family during a blackout in their Wilbraham home Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. Snow and high winds from a rare late October storm brought down trees and tree limbs across the state, damaging power lines and leaving many without electricity. The Ward family lost power Saturday afternoon. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
October Snow
- Steven Senne
Members of the Ward family, from the left, mother Tracey, daughter Melanie, son Ben, bottom right, and father Chris, right, eat dinner by the light of lanterns during a blackout in their Wilbraham home Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The Wards have been without power since Saturday after snow and high winds from a rare late October storm brought down trees and tree limbs across the state, damaging power lines and leaving many without electricity. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
October Snow
- Rich Schultz
Residents look at a transformer that lies in the middle of Maple Ave. in Newton, N.J. Monday Oct. 31, 2011. An unusual October snow storm this past Saturday dumped up to 15 inches of snow in some areas of N.J. causing power outages across the state. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
October Snow
- Elise Amendola
Army National Guardsman Sgt. Daniel McGonagle, right, works alongside Barre firefighter David Stymiest to clear trees and make roads passable in Barre, Mass. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The unseasonable winter storm over the weekend dumped as much as 30 inches of wet, heavy snow and snapped trees and power lines, causing widespread power failures and threatening to disrupt Halloween trick-or-treating. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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