CoastalWx Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 It is not total asphalt. We all don't live near an overwatered mulch bed either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 Look at the population for the towns that are generally low elevation lol. Hartford, West Hartford, East Hartford, Manchester, Vernon, Enfield, Bloomfield, Windsor, Suffield, Southington, Farmington, Berlin, Middletown, Rocky Hill, New Britain, Wethersfield, Cromwell etc etc etc. Yeah but half of those towns aren't in the CT River Valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 We all don't live near an overwatered mulch bed either. Or a lawn that has the properties of a test tube in a high school chemistry class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman21 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 LOL...WHAT???!! He's right. Population by county: Fairfield 925,899 Hartford 894,705 New Haven 861,113 New London 273,502 Litchfield 188,789 Middlesex 166,043 Tolland 152,507 Windham 118,151 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 My town is 30 sq mi with 5k people. The hills are much much less densely populated. Id have to guess 75% of people in ct live under 400', many of them in the valley and shoreline like Ryan said. I have 15-16K in Tolland..Tolland> Harwinton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Yeah but half of those towns aren't in the CT River Valley Yeah they really all are. I consider that whole area really the valley. Pretty much all of Hartford County outside of the western most layer of towns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 I have 15-16K in Tolland..Tolland> Harwinton And your neighborhood is much higher than most of those people. It's great that you live at 900 feet... but you're the extreme exception in this state. Most people live near sea level. Even elevated towns have most of their development and population density near rivers in the bottom of valleys. That's just the way it is lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 He's right. Population by county: Fairfield 925,899 Hartford 894,705 New Haven 861,113 New London 273,502 Litchfield 188,789 Middlesex 166,043 Tolland 152,507 Windham 118,151 And even counties like Litchfield, Tolland, and Windham the vast majority of those people live in valleys and not near hilltops lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Yeah they really all are. I consider that whole area really the valley. Pretty much all of Hartford County outside of the western most layer of towns. The lower Farmington Valley is really part of the CT River Valley IMO. The weather in the center of Avon isn't a whole lot different than on the other side of Avon Mtn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman21 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 And your neighborhood is much higher than most of those people. It's great that you live at 900 feet... but you're the extreme exception in this state. Most people live near sea level. Even elevated towns have most of their development and population density near rivers in the bottom of valleys. That's just the way it is lol. Considering elevations over 500 ft are not that widespread in this state, it's not hard to see why most of us are stuck within a couple hundred feet of sea level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 I have 15-16K in Tolland..Tolland> Harwinton Yes until it comes to snow, severe or cold temps And yeah Ryan iirc both winsted and torrington have valley floors around 500 or so feet, with elevations near 1400' in each town. I live 300' from the Torrington border and I'm at 1k', but a two minute drive brings you under 600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Considering elevations over 500 ft are not that widespread in this state, it's not hard to see why most of us are stuck within a couple hundred feet of sea level. There are some towns that are just elevated... Prospect, Bethany, Wolcott, Harwinton etc. But most are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Yes until it comes to snow, severe or cold temps And yeah Ryan iirc both winsted and torrington have valley floors around 500 or so feet, with elevations near 1400' in each town. I live 300' from the Torrington border and I'm at 1k', but a two minute drive brings you under 600 Yeah I think the center of Torrington is ~500 feet. That's where most people live there. Sure you can get to 1100 feet on either side of town but the majority of people aren't living there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 There are some towns that are just elevated... Prospect, Bethany, Wolcott, Harwinton etc. But most are not. Harwintons average elevation has to be over 900' schwinggg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Yeah I think the center of Torrington is ~500 feet. That's where most people live there. Sure you can get to 1100 feet on either side of town but the majority of people aren't living there. The 8 people and 6000 cows in Norfolk politely disagree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Harwintons average elevation has to be over 900' schwinggg The 8 people and 6000 cows in Norfolk politely disagree with you. Of course we cover the whole state but you always have to keep in mind that the vast majority of viewers are not in the hills or on a hill lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Of course we cover the whole state but you always have to keep in mind that the vast majority of viewers are not in the hills or on a hill lol. I know, I was playfully bragging. My area nw and w to the borders seriously seems like it is a different world sometimes than the rest of CT. I'm also a huge snob and am still convinced I average over 70" a year haha. My house and Ians old house in Goshen are 5 miles as the crow flies. Isn't it awesome that this is what we have to talk about for the next 3 months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 There are some towns that are just elevated... Prospect, Bethany, Wolcott, Harwinton etc. But most are not. 90% of Tolland is 500+ feet..Lower spots are in S part of town twds Willington and Coventry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Ryan, you think my parent's house can get into the 30s Monday night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 90% of Tolland is 500+ feet..Lower spots are in S part of town twds Willington and Coventry The lowest spot in Stafford is 475'...it's all uphill from there. The highest spot is 1300' so 99% of its 12K people live above 500'. No one lives at 1300' but I'd say 5-600 people live above 1000'. Temps are dropping off nicely early this evening. High temp was 69° here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 And your neighborhood is much higher than most of those people. It's great that you live at 900 feet... but you're the extreme exception in this state. Most people live near sea level. Even elevated towns have most of their development and population density near rivers in the bottom of valleys. That's just the way it is lol. That's the way it is in Vermont too...people settled near waterways back in the day. Town centers are almost always near the lowest elevations in town. Take Stowe for example...highest inhabited elevation in town is around 2000ft and there are quite a few homes in the 1,200-1,600ft range, but the majority live near the town center (like me) along the river at elevations between 700-900ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Ryan, you think my parent's house can get into the 30s Monday night? How well do they typically radiate? Are they a hillside or valley location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 That's the way it is in Vermont too...people settled near waterways back in the day. Town centers are almost always near the lowest elevations in town. Take Stowe for example...highest inhabited elevation in town is around 2000ft and there are quite a few homes in the 1,200-1,600ft range, but the majority live near the town center (like me) along the river at elevations between 700-900ft. I've seen some exceptions to that rule such as Peru, MA which I was told at one point was the highest town center in New England at just over 2,000' but you are right, when it came time for settlements, people settled the valleys to be out of the "extreme" weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 How well do they typically radiate? Are they a hillside or valley location? They're at 980', near the top of a hill that goes to about 1100'. It's a very quick increase though, about 600' horizontal distance. As you can guess, it's on a pretty good incline. For some reason the place usually radiates pretty well despite its location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Either way, now that it's not hot out, we "don't have to use" BDL to verify temps. Instead of "days and days of 90s" (verified by BDL cause hills didn't crack 85F), we will now hear things like "days and days when the hills don't get out of the 30s" (verified by ORH and backyard readings). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 The lowest spot in Stafford is 475'...it's all uphill from there. The highest spot is 1300' so 99% of its 12K people live above 500'. No one lives at 1300' but I'd say 5-600 people live above 1000'. Temps are dropping off nicely early this evening. High temp was 69° here too. I'm not sure lowest in Tolland..but it's probably somewhere near the Ellington line or Coventry line..and I doubt it's much below 450 feet. NE CT is very elevated .It's false IMO to claim that most folks up here don't have good elevation becasue they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 It always make me laugh when I see the AFD's and they always use ORH hills and and hills of RI..when in fact RI has a tiny part that is somewhat hilly and the highest point in the state is Jerico Hill which is under 800 feet. Most of NE CT is higher than NW RI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 It always make me laugh when I see the AFD's and they always use ORH hills and and hills of RI..when in fact RI has a tiny part that is somewhat hilly and the highest point in the state is Jerico Hill which is under 800 feet. Most of NE CT is higher than NW RI It's also funny those NW RI hills avg as much as you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 It always make me laugh when I see the AFD's and they always use ORH hills and and hills of RI..when in fact RI has a tiny part that is somewhat hilly and the highest point in the state is Jerico Hill which is under 800 feet. Most of NE CT is higher than NW RI You drive over the highest pt in Rhode Island on route 6 (?) and don't even notice other than a sign on the side of the road lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Most of NW RI smokes CT any day when it comes to snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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