It’s only October 29th, 2011 – and we’re already getting tons of snow here in New England.  We’re expecting 6 to 12 inches plus, and a lot of fallen branches and power outages.  The type of snow that is falling is the wet, heavy, sticky stuff that weighs down power lines and tree limbs.  It’s probably all going to melt over the next few 50 degree days.  Here are some snapshots of the white stuff out the window.  The question is, should I start shoveling?  Maybe it’ll all be gone by Monday on its own.

This is a summer thunderstorm rolling through the neighborhood on a muggy, humid summer evening. My wife caught multiple bolts of lightning in this clip. In the background you can hear our stressed out beagle dog panting and walking around the room. I was trying to catch some still shots of the lightning on my Canon 40D at the same time. The best display of lightning is around 00:38 of this clip if you want to fast forward to the best part Enjoy

Out of any other area of the US, New England probably sensationalizes the weather and forecast the most.  A few days prior to this we had a rash of tornados that popped up around the area, causing multiple downed trees.  Driving through a local town we spotted sights like this:

Not cool.

Below are some screen grabs from the video, as well as a few I crappily captured hand held with my DSLR.  To do lightning right, you need to have excellent timing, a slow enough shutter, and a sturdy tripod.