Having said all of this, Salem was still pretty crazy on Saturday, 10/27. Below is a link to some of my photos. I hope to post photos from tonight (10/31), Halloween tomorrow. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Halloween in Salem, MA
As a resident, I would be remiss if I didn't post something about Halloween in Salem, MA. This year has been a little bit different than most. I would say that the biggest difference is that beginning Sunday morning (10/28) everyone was fleeing and prepping for the worst hurricane to ever hit north of North Carolina. Hurricane Sandy was a huge storm. They called it "Frankenstorm." It was compared often to "The Perfect Storm", which struck on Halloween weekend 30 years before, almost to the day. While Sandy came ashore near Cape May, NJ over 500 miles south of Salem, it's impact was far-reaching and hurricane force winds were recorded hundreds of miles from the center of circulation. The barometric pressure recorded by the Air Force Hurricane Hunter was just slightly over 940 mb, making Sandy the most intense storm ever to hit the Northeast. Snow fell in West Virginia due to the entrained cool air. An explosive jet stream and intense high pressure not only steered Sandy inland, but actually sparked it to intensify the night before landfall. Despite the cold water Sandy was over, she grew by hundreds of miles and the winds increased from 75MPH to over 90MPH in just a few hours. This was truly a remarkable and damaging storm. Salem was lucky to escape most of it's ire, but the empty streets just 2 days prior to Halloween (unprecedented) will likely have a far-reaching economic impact.
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