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My money is on E. It was a clusterf&ck with the testing last spring, so the case numbers were probably significantly higher than they are now and we were just missing them. If I remember right, CT had like 11,000 cases and over a 1,000 deaths going into the summer. No way the mortality rate is anywhere near that high. We were just missing a lot of cases.

Super exciting time. I don't think I slept more than a few hours each night that whole week. I was practically psychotic by the time landfall actually happened.

Back in the good ol' days before they developed the base.

Jan '11 was awesome, but I lived in Boston in '15 and it blew everything else away.

The last blast of Feb '15. Probably the high water mark for winter in my lifetime.

My bro just tried the Trillium/Vitamin Sea collaboration. Said it was spectacular.

Here's what we'll do. As it no longer snows in southern CT, I will enter into a snow futures contract with you. You ship me X cubic meters of snow each month on dry ice. Your total snow removal cost drops to nothing. I, in turn, will spread the snow and glaciate it with my hose, thereby making it a marvel of the CT River Valley. I will sell tickets to all and sundry to sled at a buck a run. I'll even have Ryan bring in "Snow Monster" for a cameo. I'll also enter into a snowfall credit default swap of sorts, in case your winter turns out like 2016. Deutsche will underwrite just about anything.

Yep, those were definitely a bright spot in a very tough stretch.

My great grandfather's big brother was a boy scout when the pandemic hit. Unbeknownst to his parents, he sneaked into downtown Richmond with his friends to volunteer carrying the sick to the hospital. Sadly, he quickly caught the flu himself and perished at just fifteen. But yes, bodies everywhere.

Yes. Regardless of outcome, the election is going to cause major problems in my opinion.

It's all political theater.

Too symmetrical.

I believe that qualifies as "f*** you money."

Another one from North Haven. Hope we start getting some stuff out of Branford in the coming days.

Some pretty impressive wind after 2:00 in this video. Could do without all the commentary though.

I got a chance to do a quick drive up Ridge for an informal survey. Lots of tree damage in my neighborhood, but not too many uprooted whole trees. That started about a mile north, roughly where my aunt/uncle live (who had a 90 foot oak crush their Jeep). I was saddened to find the beautiful allee of mature maples that lined Ridge Rd just before the intersection with Skiff, the crowns of which used to provide an arch of shade over the road, was badly mauled by the storm. The most consistent and impressive damage was further up, closer to where Ridge and Dixwell intersect, where there was a great deal of uprooted trees, damaged poles and downed wires. Same thing a block over on Hartford Turnpike and near the interchange with 91. The most impressive swathe I saw was on School Lane and Buckingham Lane. Extensive tree and line damage in there. I will take a longer drive around at some point in the next few days and see what else there is to see.

Thanks, Ryan!

I think that's Davis Rd along the Mill River. I jog out there sometimes. If you go out Ridge Rd, you take a left down Davis to go to Quinnipiac.

Amazing. That's a big tornado for these parts. Even more amazing no one was hurt! There's your silver lining.

Hey Ryan, are you going to post your coverage from yesterday to Youtube? I was out of the viewing area and would love to see it.

I assume the valley enhances helicity or something like that, but who knows?

Assuming this is officially counted as a tornado, my uncle will have the dubious distinction of getting hit by all three Hamden tornadoes. His house got heavily damaged by the F4 in '89, the '18 tornado went over his car while he was commuting home on Gaylord Mtn Road, and this go round his car got crushed by a falling oak as it went by. Fortunately he was not in it.

It's a very scenic drive, but definitely was not designed with modern day driving in mind.

I once got rear ended because I came around a bend and there was a couch in the middle of the parkway.

Drought canceled.