(Fallen tree branches lay next to a statue of John Mason, a founder of the towns of Windsor, Old Saybrook, and Norwich, in Windsor, Conn., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. A snowstorm with a ferocity more familiar in February than October socked the Northeast over the weekend, knocking out power to 2.3 million, snarling air and highway travel and dumping more than 2 feet of snow in a few spots as it slowly moved north out of New England. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill))
