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Summer update III: SNE region's 4 primary climo sites all remain solidly above normal as of the closing of July 14.

Typhoon Tip

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CT Rain

CT Rain

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It's not like the Cape means living in BDA..lol. He acts like he lives in Stowe and the Cape is more like Cape Hatteras.

lol I know.

Growing up near the shore I just have an appreciation for a nor'easter that people who grew up landlocked don't.

The only downside to the Cape is how hard it is to get to ski areas. Traffic is meh most of the year... only weekends during the summer that's a b**ch.

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Damage In Tolland

Damage In Tolland

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I always laugh when people say CT is landlocked. We have a coastline and can be at any beach in under an hour in the state and 2 hours to the Cape and 1.2 to RI. Plus more snow, more ice, more pack, less rain in winter, hotter in summer, less effects from backdoors, little effect from sea breezes . I just could go on and on

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powderfreak

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Oh yeah VT too... was talking SNE... but yeah western New England was just pummeled. CT had tree damage/worst power outage on record, worst coastal flooding in decades, and serious inland flooding. It was a 3-fer here. Up north the water damage was unreal.

Yeah it just goes to show you can't have basin average 10-12" rainfall amounts in 24 hours in mountainous terrain and get away easy downstream in the villages. However wind was a very small problem up here, just isolated power outages... the bigger issue was entire roads disappearing along with bridges and houses washing down small creeks.

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powderfreak

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Yup....north, south and west of me had it....just like the winter.

I also think you'll do well this winter... the cycle would seem to say we are due for some E.MA specials with late bloomers.

Its just a storm we haven't seen in a while so you've gotta be getting closer to that pattern again. Its not like its that rare of a thing.

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powderfreak

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More stuff to do in that area than where I live. Thinking about wasting money in a Disney time share attm...

Resort towns or areas near resort towns in VT/NH/ME have a lot more to do than I had in the Albany suburbs. I mean you have this spot that's sort of in the middle of no where but because of the tourism, there's an incredibly high density of restaurants, bars, shops, etc per person and they are all usually of top quality. Most of the restaurants here are run by Chefs that honed their skills in places like NYC and Boston, and ran successful restaurants, only to realize they could do the same thing in the country by opening a restaurant in a tourist area. You've got nightlife and live music at several venues every night, quick access to stores holding anything you might need, usually a much bigger grocery store than nearby rural towns, etc.

This is just if you don't want to move to the country because you are afraid you won't be able to buy the selection of groceries you are used to or if your IPOD charger dies you won't be able to easily get a new one... but resort towns have all this because people on vacation forget things and then need to buy them, lol.

Then you throw in all the activities you can do in the mountain towns such as skiing, hiking, biking, swimming, boating, etc and its a pretty sweet life once you finally pull the trigger and move. Plus, there are so many tax dollars floating around from the tourism, that you've got a town that seems to have a ton of money... leads to things like well maintained roads, recreation areas, bike trails, fire and police stations that seem a little over-the-top for a rural mountain town, good schools because teacher wages are higher and can attract better talent, top-of-the-line computers for the kids, etc

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For me Vermont is too tree hugging. N nh is live free or die... Much better. Again imo

Yeah I can relate to that... for some its just an overall feeling as far as NNE goes. Some like the vibe in VT, others like NH, others like ME. I think all three states have their own "vibe" (if you will) and personality. Its whatever floats your boat.

Its the same in SNE... some love CT, some love RI, some love MA. They all have parts that are almost identical to each other, but there are underlying themes that make each seem a little different.

And honestly, if you move from somewhere in SNE or like I did from the Albany area, where ever you end up across NNE will seem a heck of a lot snowier/colder than where you came from. The difference between getting 130" or 160" in the town you live in is pretty moot because certain winters favor certain areas. You could get a bomb winter and get 180" at 1,000ft in N.NH or western ME while VT gets 130" or the roles could be reversed. Plus, whatever NH/ME lack in pure snowfall tally, they make up in snowpack growth and retention (at least in the inhabited areas).

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HoarfrostHubb

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. Why not northern greens ? Less area to choose from or to desolate? Put me at 1500' near the spine and I'd take that over n nh. Just curious

I'm pretty familiar with N NH, not really the northern Greens. Somewhat the NE Kingdom.

A place like Gorham has easy access to Maine, Vt, the rest of NH...

Bartlett is fine, too.

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