Powerful Nor'easter Pounds Northeast

Powerful Nor'easter Pounds Northeast
By DAVID BAUDER
AP
NEW YORK (April 16) - A menacing spring storm punished the Northeast for a second straight day Monday, dumping more than 8 inches of rain on Central Park and sending refrigerators and pickup trucks floating down rivers in one of the region's worst storms in recent memory. "This one is really a horror show," Gov. Eliot Spitzer said after touring hard-hit areas north of New York City.

The nor'easter left a huge swath of devastation, from the beaches of South Carolina to the mountains of Maine. It knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and was blamed for at least 11 deaths nationwide, including a New Jersey man who drowned inside a car. The storm showed no immediate sign of letting up. The National Weather Service predicted showers through Wednesday night in the New York City area, with rain mixed with snow at times.

Mean while on the Appallachain Trail...

I knew it was going to be a bad storm...but Damn! Maybe we shouldn't have gone hiking in such weather. Consider this, maybe we could handle the rain and the cold...but what happens when we have to cross a rain swollen stream that might wash Jeremiah away? How do I explain that to Mom or Diedre? I like hiking in sunshine.

We managed to stay fairly dry. We caught up to a group of teenage Boy Scouts and we passed them going uphill. We had never passed anybody on the AT so this was a first. Jeremiah's pace quickened and he told me..."they are not going to pass us...Let's Go!" A mile later we reached the Shelter. We had planned...