Sunday, October 30, 2011

Did the Nor'easter Bring Snow to Cape Cod?

Over the past week, Commercial Street has been closed for repair. Outside, this morning, the wind is still howling. Our cottage guests are here to watch their son perform at the hang-gliding event, up at White Crest Beach. They expect the event to be cancelled due to the nor'easter. The weather has certainly been weird this year. Global warming?

From the AP: "The unusually early snowstorm bringing heavy, wet snow to the East Coast has knocked out power to more than 2.3 million homes and businesses.

More than 665,000 people are without power in New Jersey, including Gov. Chris Christie, who declared a state of emergency Saturday. Two hospitals that lost power are operating on generators.

Utilities in Connecticut are reporting more than 700,000 without power, while utilities in Pennsylvania are saying more than 560,000 are without power.

In Massachusetts, more than 485,000 are without electricity. In New York, more than 260,000 have lost power.

Western Maryland has more than 26,000 outages."

And, Cape Cod? We did not get any snow. Just heavy wind and rain all night. No outages so far. But check out what the wind blew over. A sailboat! The owner seemed pretty jolly, considering. The boat was on its trailer last night. This morning he found it flipped over. Some wind!

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David Ricketts · 691 weeks ago

Anyone remember the freak October snow storm that hit eastern New York and western Massachusetts in 1987? That was also the month when Black Monday occurred . . . the stock market dropped 22% in one day . . . eeeeek!
1 reply · active 621 weeks ago
We were not here in 1987. Maybe David Wright will remember?
Hi, any chance you know how long Commercial Street is going to be closed? Im suppose to take my wedding photos on Uncle Tim's bridge next week! Hoping for sun on 11/11/11 and NO SNOW!!! Have all the leaves fallen off the trees? I was hoping for some nice fall foliage but might be too late!
1 reply · active 691 weeks ago
Hi, Eileen. I do not know but can find out for you. They look as if they had almost finished. They are only doing a small part of the road, I think. The leaves turned brown early this year, due to Irene, so foliage probably will not be an option, but there are lots of pines on Cannon Hill, behind Uncle Tim's bridge.
Glad you didn't get buried in snow. We hope the white stuff is a ways off for us. And yes, I believe all of the freaky weather patterns can be attributed to global warming. People would do well to prepare.
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Please let me know if you find out. Shame the trees are brown! I love Uncle Tim's bridge!
2 replies · active 691 weeks ago
I called the DPW and this is what I learned, Eileen: Work will continue through December. It is ongoing. Final paving will be in the spring. You can call resident engineer, Wes Stinson, 508 364 6462, Environmental Partners. The road is not closed over the weekend, if that is any consolation. Let them know the date of your wedding and hopefully the work, which is for drainage, will not be an issue.
Thank you so much!! Wedding is next Friday but it's a holiday so maybe they won't be doing work.

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