The summer of 2024 started with yet another flood, exactly one year to the day after those of July 10 - 11 of 2023. Much like its predecessor, this event hit some regions significantly harder than others, with areas like Hinesburg, the Mad River and...
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This one will be short. Let's just get right to it.A WARM START TO THE YEARThe "winter" of 2024 was fickle one. And while for skiing that was a bad thing, it made for quite a few opportunities to boat throughout. January provided several days...
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If this were a movie, here would be the part where a montage of news clips play:A field reporter stands in the flooded streets of Montpelier.“In total, the central Vermont region reported more than 20 inches of rain over the summer, the most it has...
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What a difference a year makes. This time last year I was writing from the middle of a summer drought, lamenting about how bad of a spring season we had. Now I write after Vermont experienced its worst flooding since Irene and reflect on a...
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The past few years have felt unusual for obvious reasons. For whitewater boaters in Vermont this was amplified by a prolonged period of drought, meager snowpacks and undesirable weather patterns that seemed to never relent. It takes digging through the archives to find the last...
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