We’ve all had some stormy times in our lives, but my subject here is weather-related difficulties like snow and hurricanes on Long Beach Island. Many of us have been marooned in place, and we all have tales to tell. Snowstorm and flood stories abound all over the world. It’s said that the Scandinavians have at least 50 different words to describe snow. I only have a few, but I’ll do the best I can.

The first snowstorm I remember seemed miles high, but I was only 5 years old. Everything seems huge when you’re little.