Monday, October 29, 2012
Worst part of storm for New England is expected to be from 9 a.m. through midnight Monday.
As of 5 a.m., the National Weather Service Hurricane Center has Sandy is about 385 miles south, southeast of New York City. The storm is traveling at approximately 15 mph toward the north. It is expected to turn northwest today, then turn toward the west-northwest tonight. The center of Sandy will move over the coast of the mid-atlantic states in the evening hours. According to reports, Sandy is a hybrid storm, meaning it is a huge Nor’easter with a hurricane in the middle. The storm is currently measuring 900 miles wide, making it the second largest storm on record. Hurricane force winds are expected along portions of the coast between Chincoteague Virginia and Chatham, Massachusetts. This includes the coasts of Rhode Island. Tropical-…
Sunday, October 28, 2012
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Refresh this page often as we continue to update it. Updated Oct. 29 at 9:21 p.m. Burlington Public Schools will have a 2-hour delay on Tuesday. Updated Oct. 29 at 6:24 p.m. We have heard a report of another tree down and accross the road, this one on Lantern Lane. Updated Oct. 29 at 6:12 p.m NSTAR is now reporting that 3,343 Burlington customers are without power. According to Patch Readers, areas out of power include College Road, Cedar Street, Wing Terrace, Pine Glen area, Maryvale Avenue, Skilton Lane and Taylor Avenue. Updated Oct. 29 at 5:58 p.m. There are reports of a tree accross the road at roughly 44 Wilmington Road. Tweets from Mike Maura, a local who follows police and fire scanners, emergency crews are responding to the …
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
See a tree down in your neighborhood? Notice a road is flooded? Just saw a store clerk upload a pallet of fresh batteries? Please use this story on Burlington Patch to help out your neighbors as we brave the storm together. As we hunker down to ride out Hurricane Sandy, we want to make sure that Burlington stays connected. For live updates during the storm, be sure to download our App for your smartphone or tablet and 'like' Burlington Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. As you send us messages through social media, we’ll make sure the information is added here to this story in the comments and on the map found above. If you notice wires down or a tree across the road, please alert authorities and then let us know so we can …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Forecasting models are split, with some saying the powerful storm will blow out to sea, while others think it'll smack into New England as a tropical storm or depression.
The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Sandy from a tropical storm to hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 80 miles per hour. The storm, bearing down on Jamaica at a pokey 14 miles per hour, is expected to hug the east coast. What happens after that, however, is anyone's guess. At this time of year, storms like Sandy usually track out to sea well before they reach New England. But WHDH's Chris Lambert writes that high pressure near Greenland may change the normal jet stream pattern, shuttling Sandy to our doorsteps. "If this were to occur, Sandy, which transitions into a massive Nor’easter, would provide an expanding shield of powerful winds and rain, bring in damaging gusts, flooding rains and coastal flooding over parts of the …
Susan Gamble
11:39 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
I'm hopeful that the damage in Burlington wasn't too bad for most residents. If anyone needs a roofing contractor to assess damage in Burlington please feel free to give us a call at Olympic Roofing. We offer complimentary roofing estimates for all of those affected by Sandy, (www.olympicroofing.com/burlington-ma-roofing). We would be more than happy to take a look at any roofing or siding damage. more ›