08 February 2013

Blizzard Update

Communities throughout the region are preparing for the blizzard (nicknamed Winter Storm Nemo) that will be striking the region today. Highway crews are ready, warming shelters have been set up, and emergency management officials have plans and resources in place.

Media reports:

The Weather Channel: Winter Storm Nemo: Historic Blizzard Arrives Tonight (8 FEB 13)

Hartford Courant: Blizzard Warnings Have Residents, Officials Scrambling To Prepare (8 FEB 13)

Portland Press Herald: Forecaster says: ‘It’s going to be tough’ (8 FEB 13)

Boston Globe: Mass. girds for coming snowstorm (8 FEB 13)

NECN: Worcester braces for Friday's big storm (7 FEB 13)

Dover’s Daily Democrat: Storm readies knockout punch: Communities all brace for the worst (8 FEB 13)

WPRI-TV: RIEMA urges residents to prep for storm (7 FEB 13)

Background information:

Emergency Management Division, Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Maine Emergency Management Agency: Maine Prepares

Maine Emergency Management Agency

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency

Homeland Security and Emergency Management, New Hampshire Department of Safety

Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency

Vermont Emergency Management

National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Caribou, ME

National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Gray/Portland, ME

National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Taunton/Boston, MA

National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Burlington, VT

National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Albany, NY

National Weather Service: Weather Forecast Office, Upton/New York City, NY

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