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Icy Shores of…Long Island Sound
After 4 days of sub-freezing weather, ice has begun to form along the Connecticut shoreline! Not all that unusual, but still pretty cool to see. The above photograph looks pretty impressive, however...
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The Groundhog Day Ice Storm of 2011
The Groundhog Day Ice Storm of 2011 (at least that’s what I call it) is also known as the January 31-February 2, 2011 North American Blizzard (wikipedia). It was a prolonged winter storm that brought...
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Snowed in and Loving It! Blizzard of 2013
I truly thought we were going to miss out on this blizzard! Sure we were going to get some heavy snow and wind, maybe up to a foot, but never would I have imagined seeing this much snow accumulate...
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Who Needs a Plow When You Have Neighbors
Waking up this morning and looking out the window brought mixed feelings on the day after the 2013 blizzard that hammered south central CT. Part of me found the unplowed street a sight to take in, a...
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Irene Pummels the Coastline: Milford, CT 8/28/11
As we close in on the anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene I began looking over my photographs from that day and find myself still amazed at the power of the storm. Although the storm weakened from a...
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A Vintage Postcard of the Hurricane of ’38
A few summer’s ago I took a day trip to the beautiful beach town of Watch Hill, RI, now infamous as the new summer retreat to country and pop star Taylor Swift. However Watch Hill has always reminded...
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The Movie Star & the Hurricane of ’38
The history of The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was dramatic, if it wasn’t history you would think it was a Hollywood movie plot! The storm was not forecasted to hit, taking everyone by...
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Hurricane Gloria vs. Irene
Thursday September 27, 2013 marks the 28th anniversary of Hurricane Gloria’s landfall in CT. The Category one storm made landfall in Long Island crossing the Sound into western Connecticut. Just...
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Not an ‘Indian Summer’ yet!
With temperatures rising to the 80’s by midweek, this pleasant and very fall like pattern we’ve been in may make you think an ‘Indian Summer’ is on it’s way but not so fast! ‘Indian Summer’ as defined...
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Fall Hike in Sleeping Giant
October 18, 2013 turned out to be a perfect day for a hike in southern Connecticut at Sleeping Giant State Park. Temperatures were in the 60’s. The sky was clear and blue. The breeze was enough to...
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SW Conn. Upgraded to Moderate Drought
The weekly US Drought Monitor report has been updated this morning and it’s getting drier in southwestern CT. The immediate coastal regions of Fairfield County and southern sections of New Haven...
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Drought Spreading Across Connecticut
The weekly US Drought Monitor is out and the bad news is the dry conditions are spreading! Last week’s maps showed D-1 Moderate Drought conditions for the first time this fall covering Long Island and...
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Drought Still Grips SW Connecticut
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor is out and although there is some improvement due to last week’s rainstorm, the drought still has it’s grip on southwestern Connecticut. These Drought Monitor maps...
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Drought is Status Quo
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map is out this morning and although the news isn’t great, it also isn’t getting any worse. The abnormally dry (yellow) to moderate drought (brown) conditions in...
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Woo-Hoo! Official Drought Over!
As Homer Simpson would say Woo-Hoo! All this snow has paid off recently, the official US Drought Monitor has removed moderate drought conditions from CT for the first time since October! The moderate...
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A Frozen Beach Day – Photos of an Icy Milford Shoreline
What an impressive month! This long lasting cold and snow has set record lows and may even make February one of the coldest on records! You can blame the wicked cold on the groundhog or Elsa from...
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