Halloween snow story: car in ditch, cat costume donned

Posted at 6:27 AM on October 31, 2011 by Jon Gordon
Filed under: Climate, History, Weather

On the 20th anniversary of the historic 1991 Halloween snowstorm, we're sharing stories from our Public Insight Network sources and Facebook followers. Here's one:

"I was in Med school and was going to go to help/volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House Halloween party," writes Jamie Lyn Reinschmidt of Roseville.

"On my way there, I went into the ditch, fairly close to home but unfortunately still too far away. I was taken to the service station close by and had to wait for my car to be retrieved. The only hitch was that I was in my costume in order to be ready: a black cat complete with tail..."

"...I could not count how many comments I received while waiting (lots of "cat calls" as it were). Unfortunately, I never got to the party myself but the party did go on for the families/kids."

Illustration by Tom Gau