Trader Joe’s and Stop & Shop were stripped nearly bare. Gas stations were jammed. The Blizzard of the Year Decade Century Millennia Entire History of the Universe Since the Big Bang was coming!
It snowed this morning. The wind blew. A couple dozen homes were without power.
Ninety minute later, the juice was back on.
That was pretty much the story today. There was a storm for sure, and a bit of flooding. But to find the last time predictions were so far off, you have to go way back to November 8.
It was a day for Netflix. Finishing your taxes. And for Westport students to do homework.
Because you know — the Forecast of Doom notwithstanding — they’ll be back in school tomorrow.
Snow will fall. But birds have to feed. Kathie Motes Bennewitz made sure they had enough to eat.
Saugatuck Shores and coastal areas got hit with flooding, from the wind, high tide and full moon. When the storm receded, Max and Logan Manchester kayaked down Spriteview Avenue.
Water whipped up against Schlaet’s Point, on Hillspoint Road… (Photo/Ian Warburg)
…and nearby Compo Beach. (Photo/Ian Warburg)
This morning — with a statewide travel ban in effect — I-95 was deserted. This is the view looking north, from the Hales Road overpass. (Photo/Fred Cantor)