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Thursday, January 31, 2013

YOUR TURN: Share Pics of Local Wind Damage

Did you capture any wild pics or video of overnight winds? Share them with your neighbors in our reader gallery.

We heard it all last night - whistling wind that terrified our pets and kept light sleepers on their toes. As residents got up and ready for the day, branches could be seen strewn throughout a number of towns with Foxborough resident Kathy Devlin reporting a large tree down in her yard on Chestnut Stree (see photos above) As the dust - and debris - cleared Thursday, we're certain you took some pics and videos of downed trees and any damage on your property. Why not share them with your neighbors here on Patch? Upload them to our reader gallery by hitting the "Upload Pictures & Video" button above, and let us know which picture is the best in our comments section below.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Nor'easter Could Blow Through on Wednesday

The storm could drop 1 to 2 inches of rain late Wednesday into Thursday and bring wind gusts along the coast.

A little more than a week after 'superstorm' Sandy swept through Massachusetts, area residents may have to brace for another windy, rainy night on Wednesday.   A nor'easter could blow into the area mid-week and the storm could drop 1 to 2 inches of rain from Wednesday into Thursday, according to WHDH meteorologist Jeremy Rainer.  Rainer also wrote that coastal winds could gust between 40 and 60 miles per hour along the South Shore, Cape Cod and the islands, although winds "will be much lighter inland with this storm." The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a hazardous weather outlook statement on Sunday afternoon, saying that strong to damaging northeast winds are likely especially across Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island late …

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