"Outages force a trip to past; Residents resort to games, candles" September 01, 2011|By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff
FOXBOROUGH - Widespread power outages across Massachusetts, which entered their fourth day yesterday, have cast whole neighborhoods back in time to the days of candles and board games, denying families their appliances and electronics and forcing them to lean on friends and their own ingenuity to stay fed, clean, and entertained....
“It’s crazy how chaotic the world becomes when you don’t have the Internet,’’ Jack Carmone, 13, said. “I don’t even know if the Red Sox won’’ Tuesday night. (Alas, he was told, they had lost to the Yankees.)
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They hoped to get their electricity back in time for tonight’s New England Patriots pre-season football game...
I'm glad my fellow citizens and the Globe are so worried and concerned about such important matters, aren't you?
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Storm-tossed squirrels land in caring hands in Somerville
Tropical Storm Irene took toll in lost transportation revenue
Vermonters reach out and pitch in
Flooding from Tropical Storm Irene imposed a new reality on those who live in Vermont towns that found themselves temporarily isolated. From the sky to trails through woods, everyone from the military to area residents pitched in to bring provisions to areas with limited or no highway access.
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"The outside helicopter support is needed because all six of the Vermont Guard’s Black Hawk helicopters are still in Iraq"
The Globe didn't think that was important.
Readers, I am SO SICK of the DISTORTIONS, OBFUSCATIONS, OMISSIONS, and LIES of the Boston Globe.
Irene gives a lesson in roughing it
"In Irene’s aftermath, ‘It’s a different world’; Recovery will be painstaking for tiny Colrain, officials say" September 02, 2011|By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff
COLRAIN - Four days after Irene unleashed its fury on the region, towns like Colrain were still reeling from the damage, and remained dazed by the storm’s ferocity....
The flood waters receded almost as quickly as they came, but not before they inundated homes and severed entire neighborhoods from the rest of town....
Emergency crews have scrambled to repair roads and deliver supplies to stranded residents in this area of rolling farmland and fields of wildflowers, and the situation has improved steadily through the week. Almost all homes have regained power, and many flooded roads are now passable....
Except that I-91 is still shut down. Did the Globe mention that?
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In the past I used to get excited when the Globe made it out into my area; now I just groan.
Utilities say end near on repairs
Power is fully restored across Bay State
"Retail analysts said Irene is not the only reason merchants are ramping up promotions. Consumers also are shaken by the lack of economic progress illustrated by yesterday’s woeful US jobs report, and the volatile stock market of the past month....
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Post-Irene, state tourism industry adopts sunnier outlook
Irene vs. the Tea Party
Storm cleanup gives teens extra work
Also see: Greenfield Was Ground Zero
