Northeast Recieves Pre-Halloween Treat

An image of the storm from NOAA

The northeast was hit with an early snowstorm this past weekend, with the most snow falling in Jaffrey, NH (31 inches). If you are in Connecticut, and still without power, the CL&P map of power outages, which I wrote about in a post for Outside the Neatline, may be a useful resource. For a map of snow precipitation on October 30, 2011, see the map below from NOAA:

Irene's Precipitation Distribution

Irene's rainfall resulted in devastating flooding for communities in multiple states in the northeast (and much of the rest of the east coast). The flooding experienced not only destroyed properties but took lives. See the distribution of precipitation in the image above from the National Weather Service.