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THE GREAT BROOKLYN BLIZZARD OF MARCH 11, 1888

By Marilyn Armstrong on 03/15/2023 • ( 6 )

It’s snowing. It’s supposed to be a big deal and five miles from here, it is. Almost two feet of snow have hit just north and west of here. Literally, just five miles away. We got nothing much. This storm… Read More ›

THE BIG ONE: THE BLIZZARD OF 1978 – by GARRY ARMSTRONG

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/22/2022 • ( 9 )

This is the time of year when big snowstorms hit this region. Forty-three years ago, a gigantic winter storm began moving into eastern Massachusetts. On the afternoon of Feb. 6, 1978, thousands of people were let out of work early… Read More ›

NOR’EASTER FELLS THE LEGEND By GARRY ARMSTRONG

By Garry Armstrong on 02/06/2022 • ( 34 )

Mother Nature came through on the heels of the frantic predictions of a whopper storm. Skeptical New Englanders are watching the snow fall faster than the numbers on Wall Street after another week of gridlock on Capitol Hill. What’s the… Read More ›

LAST TWO ON THE CARDS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/02/2022 • ( 8 )

Last on the Card – January 2022 I think we — as a family — took more pictures during the past three or four days than we took the entire rest of the month. The huge blizzard that hit us geared… Read More ›

BIRDS IN THE STORM

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/31/2022 • ( 2 )

It’s hard not to feel sorry for the wild things that have to live through a winter hurricane. I’m not silly enough to try to gather them together to keep them warm and I realize that “wild” means dealing with… Read More ›

OWEN’S BLIZZARD

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/30/2022 • ( 16 )

This family takes pictures. Everyone. From grandma and grandpa through son and on to granddaughter, we all take pictures. Kaity does her own processing and has her own subscription to Photoshop. Here, in this house, I do the processing. On… Read More ›

THE WINTER BLUES – SWO8 BLUES JAZZ AND A BLIZZARD

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/29/2022 • ( 4 )

IT’S JANUARY. WE’VE GOT THE WINTER BLUES – TWO FEET WORTH! My collaborator, Leslie Martel of swo8 Blues Jazz did the real work. She composed the music and the words. She also put the video together. Posted it to YouTube…. Read More ›

BLIZZARD ANYONE?

By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/29/2022 • ( 9 )

THE LAST TIME WE HAD “A BIG ONE” WAS 2015 – ON THIS SAME DAY. HERE WE GO AGAIN! Living in New England, we have considerable amounts of wintry weather than other places. You live in New England and snow… Read More ›

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL

By Rich Paschall on 01/03/2021 • ( 7 )

Be Delightful, by Rich Paschall If you live anywhere in the United States, except the extreme southern portions, you will eventually get your share of winter weather. The further north you live, the worse it is likely to be. Here… Read More ›

TORNADO WARNINGS By ELLIN CURLEY

By Ellin Curley on 08/24/2020 • ( 18 )

I live in southern Connecticut, an area usually immune from extreme weather events. We get an occasional hurricane, usually the tail end as a storm meanders up the Atlantic coast. Occasionally, it’s a serious one — like Hurricane Sandy in… Read More ›