From the article:
“Nor is it like last year’s Halloween storm, which was merely an early snowstorm in the Northeast.”
I grew up in Minnesota. I’ve seen -30F at least three times and delivered newspapers at -36F and a 35 MPH wind. I saw 4-5 tornado watches every summer. I’ve had lightning strike so close that it knocked me off my feet.
Well, last year’s Halloween storm in Connecticut was the damnest thing I’ve ever seen. Broke 20%-30% of the branches. I went outside in the middle of the storm and it sounded like a gun going off every 10 seconds. No power for almost 8 days, some went without power for three weeks. Cleanup produced a pile of brush 6 feet high by 10 feet wide by 100 feet long and two cords of firewood. I’m still cleaning up, one year later.
“...merely an early snowstorm...”?!?!?!
In VA, MD, DE, and NJ, the first flurry each year is more traumatic than an unexpected blizzard dumping 10' of snow on Minnesota. The mid-Atlantic states could be interesting - especially if they lose electricity on election day with these lovely electronic voting machines.