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Pics Of The Day #1981

Posted on September 19, 2022 | 4 comments

Tonight’s brief but intense storm produced these scenes:

Storm clouds move over Compo Beach … (Photo/Brian Sikorski)

… and Soundview Drive … (Photo/Maureen Aron)

… and rain falls outside the Gorham Island office building … (Photo/Jill McGroarty)

… and then a rainbow at Compo … (Photo/Maureen Aron)

… and over the cannons … (Photo/Lana Diggin)

… and Sherwood Mill Pond, where the power is out … (Photo/Matt Murray)

… and this double rainbow over Compo Cove … (Photo/Tammy Barry)

… and over Saugatuck Shores … (Photo/Rindy Higgins)

… and on Long Lots Road, near the Hunt Club … (Photo/Ellen Patafio)

… and downtown, over the Saugatuck River … (Photo/Danny White)

… while nearby, this tree is down on Thomas Road (Photo/Patricia McMahon)

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Pics Of The Day #1949

Posted on August 18, 2022 | 8 comments

Storm clouds rolled in over Grace Salmon Park. “They produced 4 drops of rain,” says photographer Patricia McMahon.

It was the same last night: Clouds looked like they’d bring much-needed rain. Despite this dramatic scene, they did not … (Photo/Deirdre O’Farrelly)

… and sailors enjoyed a pleasant evening. (Photo/John Videler for Vodeler Photography)

Meanwhile, despite almost no rain, there were rainbows visible throughout Westport. This was over Burritts Landing … (Photo/Lisa Gold)

… and Bedford Middle School … (Photo/Joan Gillman)

… and I-95 from Hillspoint Road … (Photo/Alison Freeland)

… and Terhune and Pumpkin Hill ,,, (Photo/Shira Honigstein)

… and Patagonia … (Photo/Carrie Kuhn)

… and one spot on the Saugatuck River … (Photo/Tom Feeley)

… and another. (Photo/Mia Kirkorsky)

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Pics Of The Day #1643

Posted on October 17, 2021 | 1 comment

The shore was the place to be late this afternoon.

A spectacular rainbow appeared. And a ton of “06880” readers had the same idea.

Burritt’s Cove (Photo/Daniel Vener)

Minute Man Monument (Photo/Sean Costello)

Buena Vista Drive, on Compo Hill (Photo/Deborah Greenberg)

Compo Cove, from Hillspoint Road … (Photo/Maureen Aron)

Old Mill Beach (Photo/Jarret Epstein)

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Pics Of The Day: Special Rain Clouds & Rainbow Edition

Posted on July 1, 2020 | 4 comments

For the 2nd straight day, rain clouds gathered over Westport this afternoon …

(Photo/Stephanie Mastocciolo)

(Photo/Matt Murray)

(Photo/Katherine Ross)

… and then the rains came …

(Photo/Ellen Wentworth)

… followed by (of course) a (double) rainbow!

(Photo/Seth Goltzer)

(Photo/Chris Tait)

(Photo/Janine Scotti)

(Photo/Jeanine Esposito)

Even I-95 looks great! (Photo/Seth Goltzer)

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