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I could drive 10 miles S or E and buy gas for the generator I borrowed from my brother, go to a bank, or grocery store. It must have been a crazy few out in the Farmington/Avon/Simsbury/W. Hartford world.

Must have been 12/73. I was 5, so I have vague memories. Oct 2011 was really bad not for from me. We got about 8" which did a lot of damage, but noting like the war zones N/W of me, and nothing like your ice storm in 2008.

Yeah, the lasting effects of a few storms last winter was memorable, to say the least. 1978 closed schools for a week. All roads in CT were closed except to emergency vehicles - and there was widespread damage on the coast. Oct 2011 had a major impact, but probably not as widespread, but it hit CT hard in some spots. There was an ice storm in '74 (I think). I have vague recollections of being able to actually use flexible flyer runner sleds since the ice was so thick. No power for at least a few days. I don't remember 1888.