A historic New England weather story

[dustintv]

I've been researching The Halloween Storm of 1991 that affected New England, and I was wondering if anyone remebers the media's response to the situation, since a hurricane had developed, even though it was never named(they didn't want to cause panic, and issued storm warnings instead of hurricane warnings). Thanks.

 

[DavecCT]

I seem to recall tons of media coverage. Meterologists didn't classify it as a hurricane. It had many hurricane-like properties but was not tropical in nature. So technically it wasn't a real hurricane. Same end result though!

EDIT:
I stand corrected! I guess it was really was a hurricane briefly. See
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/satelliteseye/cyclones/pfctstorm91/pfctstorm.html>http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/satelliteseye/cyclones/pfctstorm91/pfctstorm.html</a><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by DavecCT on 10/01/05 11:43 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[raccoonradio]

If this is the storm I'm thinking of, it was the inspiration for the
book and film The Perfect Storm.<P ID="signature">______________
I am the REAL raccoonradio (2 c's). Accept
no substitutes!</P>

 

[rugrats1]

> If this is the storm I'm thinking of, it was the inspiration
> for the
> book and film The Perfect Storm.
>
According to the NOAA link provided in this thread, it was.