Helloween Weekend

Well, a surprise October Nor'easter put a crimp in my pre-Halloween traditions. There are times I dislike living here in Maine and this weekend was one of them.

It's pretty rare when we see snow in October. I recall it once when I was a kid, around '73. But that was just enough to crunch a bit on the ground while trick or treating. This was a full blown--pardon the pun--storm, with heavy wet snow and winds gusting to 60 miles per hour.

It started Saturday night, coming out of the sky in juicy clumps of white. Since most of the trees still have leaves it didn't take long before the branches were groaning and cracking. There's a huge oak just outside my door; its branches were leaning on the house, scratching at my window.

Then the power went out. The power goes out here if you sneeze wrong sometimes, but going out and staying out for more than a day when the temp outside goes into the '20s is not so much fun. It's amazing how you become dependent on things like a TV, computer or...heat.

Temps in the house dropped into the 30s. You could hear snow thumping on the roof as it slid off the leaves.

Odd thing--or mocking thing--was the power was on about 100 yards down the road, and at a condo complex a street over. It was just a small pocket in my town, and I was right in the middle. I still can't feel parts of my body!

But it could have been worse. Some folks in lower New England are still without power and will be perhaps a week. I can catch up on Halloween viewing and traditions tonight, but they are having it much rougher and I hope they get their power back soon.

I am also hoping never to see snow again, but since it's Maine...not likely.


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