If you live in Charlestown and are reading this, it means you have a back-up generator (or getting it on your cell phone) since the whole town is pretty much powerless.
According to National Grid's power outage map, will remain so until about 2:30 PM.
The storm raged through after 6 AM and lasted only about 20 minutes.
It downed trees and branches, killed the power and dumped a lot of rain.
The Providence Journal cites a DEM report that a "number of campers were injured" at Burlingame Park, but had no further details.
The Westerly Sun says it was ten injured, with two transported to Westerly Hospital, five to South County and three treated on the scene.
The Boston Globe reported that "One observer reported a wind gust of 83 miles per hour in Charlestown, R.I."
We don't make it into the Boston Globe very often.
I've got a large tree limb blocking my driveway and hope to get some help getting that big guy chopped up and stowed for winter firewood.
As of 11 AM, National Grid is dealing with 521 outages in the area that have left 107,201 National Grid customers without electricity.
I've got a large tree limb blocking my driveway and hope to get some help getting that big guy chopped up and stowed for winter firewood.
As of 11 AM, National Grid is dealing with 521 outages in the area that have left 107,201 National Grid customers without electricity.
Even though the sun is shining as I write this, the National Weather Services says there is still a 20% to 30% of more isolated thunderstorms that "could produce small hail, heavy rain and frequent lightning" until around 10 PM tonight.
