Thanks to the invention of doorbell cameras and dash cameras many Mainers watched as random items were lifted by the winds and transported into their yards or along Maine's roads.
With forecasters calling for blizzard conditions and dangerous wind chills on Friday and Saturday in northern Maine, schools and many other offices will close in the interest of public safety.
On April 12, 1934, on Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, history was made when the wind on the top of the Northeast's tallest peak hit 231 miles per hour.