By Curt Peterson According to the Killington Hazard Mitigation Planning Team, the four possible natural disasters to which the town is most vulnerable are, extreme cold, snow, and ice association with winter storms, high winds, thunder/tropical storms, tornadoes, and severe […]
Tag: tropical storm irene
Featured, Local News
Mendon, Gov. Scott honors Doug Casella
By Ethan Weinstein MENDON — When Tropical Storm Irene destroyed Route 4 in Mendon at the end of August 2011, people said it would take until November to rebuild the road. But the reconstruction team, led by Doug Casella, rebuilt […]
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Local News, State News
What Tropical Storm Irene can teach Vermont 10 years later
By Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Business and government leader Neale Lunderville was just another Vermonter enjoying an end-of-summer weekend when, strolling his South Burlington neighborhood Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, he felt a wet blanket of foreboding slap him in the face. “This is […]
Column, The Outside Story
Wetlands filter and enrich the landscape
By Declan McCabe One spring, following heavy rain, I visited the Saint Michael’s College Natural Area hoping to capture exciting photographs of the rushing Winooski River. Rather than raging floodwaters, however, I found the river’s floodplain was efficiently – and […]
Local News
Chittenden contemplates emergency siren
By Julia Purdy Jan Sotirakis’ idea for a warning siren at the Chittenden dam was inspired by Tropical Storm Irene. Sotirakis, Chittenden’s emergency management director, has developed a proposal for a townwide alarm in the event that Chittenden dam, which […]
Local News
Watershed workshop held in Pawlet: “Tropical Storm Irene, five years later: where are we now?”
By Julia Purdy PAWLET—On Aug. 28, 2016, a community watershed event titled “Five Years Vermont Strong—Tropical Storm Irene, Five Years Later: Where Are We Now?” was held in Pawlet to remember the devastating impact of Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. […]
Featured, Local News
Flooding remembered, five years later
By Polly Lynn Five years ago this week, Tropical Storm Irene killed six people in Vermont, ravaged 3,500 buildings, took out more than 500 miles of roads and about 200 bridges at an estimated cost of $733 million—a figure equal […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Pittsfield celebrates fifth community picnic
Sunday, Aug. 28 at 12:30 p.m.—PITTSFIELD— The Pittsfield Picnic will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene, Sunday, Aug. 28 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. This year, the town will celebrate more than just community. In […]