Friday, November 4, 2011

MAPLEWOODIAN'S SNOWSTORM STORY GOES NATIONAL

Our own James Martinez of Associated Press penned this tale about surviving the storm.


It ran nationwide, from Washington D.C. to Yuma, Ariz.:




Storm delivers different type of Halloween chills


MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- This was the weekend we were supposed to carve the pumpkins, spread the fake spider webs on the bushes and maybe take in a little football as the trees begin their annual fall explosion into brilliant hues of red, oranges and golds.
Not this year.
A freak fall snowstorm turned my plans for autumn bliss into a nightmare before Halloween, with nearly 6 inches of wet, slushy snow sending leafy branches crashing all around me, slamming into utility lines and leaving me without power for who knows how long.

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