What a crazy start to their autumn season. It is true, while we were out leaf peeping they were hunkering down and pulling out their ski pants and shovels. Some areas got at much as 3 feet of snow.

Check out this news report below. They had power outages, whiteout conditions, treacherous roadways and just a heck of a time. Reports say although it is not totally uncommon to see a dusting of snow in late September this kind of severe storm is pretty unheard of and could be setting some new records.

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