This is what opening day looked like in front of my house last year. Needless to say it not only shut down the opening weekend, but also the next weekend. My mother and sister both live within a 3 mile radious of me and a aweful lot of work had to be done.Most people had no power for a week. Luckily I had a generator which got a lot of work not only in my house,but many others. Problem was the amountof snow, plus the trees still had all their leves on.Hopefully it won't look like this this year.
But at least I was able to score the first time out last year: