Tag Archives: New England

Warnings Issued For New England As Lee Approaches

Axios reports: Hurricane Lee may pass perilously close to Maine and over the Canadian Maritimes this weekend, and it will swipe eastern Massachusetts on Friday night and Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said. Computer model runs, fed with data from hurricane hunter aircraft, depict the storm moving in a generally northward motion, then hooking closer to the U.S. coast as …

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Hurricane Lee Now Expected To Impact New England

The Weather Channel reports: L​ee is a large and powerful hurricane and will begin to track northward midweek. Its exact track will determine where Lee’s rain, wind and coastal flooding impacts will be felt, potentially including in Bermuda, parts of New England and Atlantic Canada. R​egardless of Hurricane Lee’s exact track, rip currents and high surf will spread from the …

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IRENE: A Top Ten Worst Storm

Analysts say Hurricane Irene will enter the books as one of the ten most costly storms to ever strike the United States. Dozens of people have died and flood waters continue to rise in some portions of New England. Repairs to damaged roads, bridges, and train tracks will likely take many months to complete and the governors of New York, …

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Six By Twelve

The Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders are working on a plan for marriage equality in all of New England by 2012. “We can make New England a marriage-equality zone by strategically combining existing legal, electoral and on-the-ground know-how to fast-track marriage in every New England state,” GLAD Executive Director Lee Swislow said. “By 2012, we not only can have …

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