[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Western Massachusetts is being targeted by Gaea this year. She first sent a tornado ripping through Springfield and surrounding towns. Then she poured a deluge on the Berkshires in the wake of Hurricane Irene. she finished up the year by dumping two feet of snow in October. It sucks in western Massachusetts.

[Peet]

Western Massachusetts is being targeted by Gaea this year. She first sent a tornado ripping through Springfield and surrounding towns. Then she poured a deluge on the Berkshires in the wake of Hurricane Irene. she finished up the year by dumping two feet of snow in October. It sucks in western Massachusetts.

The video of that tornado was awesome. As it came off the W.Springfield riverbank you could see it drawing water up out of the river. People are still cleaning up the mess and rebuilding from that.

Route 2 is reopening in Charlemont tomorrow after 24/7 operations to rebuild the washed-out road. In the mean time the state is going after the town of Hawley and the construction company that repaired the damage from the river there because the Mass watermelons (green on the outside; pink on the inside) say they went to far.

As far as the WMECo/power outage issue goes, it is just the usual Mass suckfish-politicians making the usual noise. It is New England, darnit -- we EXPECT problems like this. Get a generator, fuel for it, extra food, and expect to (as we did) take in friends who need heat and shelter for a while. It is New England, darnit!

Oh, yeah, let me add: Life ain't fair. Get over it.

(Directed at the press and politicians, not you, Lone...)