We’re going to take a trip into the storm time machine, let’s go way back, oh yeah, to 1989!
I was a year old, and already this was my second snowstorm(my first, was when I was three months old.) This storm was truly one for the 80’s. For the most part, this snowstorm was one that not many remember. It took some prodding of die hard weather lovers to get some details.
It began in earnest early on Thanksgiving Morning, and it took off like a rocket from Cape Canaveral. The snow stuck to the ground instantly, and didn’t switch to rain once. The snow fell from 2 AM to a little bit after 6 PM. After all was said and done, Nantucket received over a foot of snow. Places as far away as Washington DC and Baltimore received a white holiday. Flights were canceled up and down the coast, stranding passengers.
The storm was a spectacular close out to the 1980’s, and it was good timing too. The rest of the winter was pretty bland and bleak. Damage was extensive on Nantucket, with branches and poles down. At Chicken Hill, we had just sat down to dinner, when the power was cut. Lucky for us, we were able to eat(not me though, I had to eat that nasty Gerber crap.)
The start of the storm
The peak
Stats:
Accumulation: 14″ Forecast: none
Wind: 45 MPH Unofficial: 66 mph
Damage: moderate
My dad has video footage of this storm somewhere, although it was on VHS, so I do not know if the quality is still good.
