Halloween this year fell on November 5 in Wethersfield, CT. On October 29, an unusually early Nor'easter dropped about 6" of extremely wet, heavy, snow on all of the leaf-bearing trees. Over 800,000 people were without power for days, some over a week.
With a 60-degree house after only 12 hours, we located an available hotel room 40 miles south and settled in for a few days. We were fortunate and got our power back after 65 hours, nearly twice as long as the August power outage.
Our town recommended that trick-or-treating be postponed until daylight hours only on Saturday, 11/5. We had at least a hundred kids clean us out by 5:00.
For the first time in 3 years, all of the pumpkins were finished before the first kids arrived, and despite the daylight, we did get several compliments on them. Had they been lit, we could've sold tickets.
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