March 8th, 2005 Snowstorm

For a storm that only dropped about 4 or 5 inches where I live (Avon, CT), this was certainly more "crippling," to use the NESIS description, than storms of greater snow depth. I have seen no storm of greater intensity this season, particularly during the early afternoon. A local news report recorded a 57 or 58 mph wind gust in Bristol. And the drive home was one of the worst I've seen; multiple scars stranded or stuck on hills. Incidentally, I ran across a link on the Drudgereport that noted a 110 mph wind gust in Kitty Hawk, NC, apparently from the same system, although I could be mistaken on that.