We were hit with 17" of snow and gusts as high as 70 mph. On top of that a full moon tide produced flooding the likes of which we've never seen. But it could have been worse, no homes were lost though some flooded and the shore roads were spared damage unlike other storms of the past. Power outages were also kept to the minimum and those areas that did, power was restored quickly.
One area hard hit with flooding was the parking lot at the New Balance Track & Field at Newell Stadium. The rebuilt stadium was raised about 3' and that helped contribute to destroy about 60 vehicles parked there. The flood waters had no place to go which filled the parking lot with about 4' of water. This lot and the stadium has flooded in the past and I was dumbfounded the lot remained open. With a city parking ban in effect this lot was one of many school lots designated for parking during the ban.
And so it begins!
I made it home before it really started.
During the storm Allie has to go!
During the peak of the snowfall.
After the storm.
House on Fort Square.
Commercial Street after the flooding.
Damaged Good Harbor Beach footbridge.
The beach end undermined. Note the dunes still intact!
East Gloucester Elementary School dug out.
Totaled cars in the stadium lot.
News crews gather.
Chunks of ice in the stadium
The frozen tundra.
Beacon Marine crane.
Schooners Ardelle and Adventure.
Ships wheel!
Prop shadow!
Beacon Marine
Work skiff.
Heather Marie
Rocky Neck stairway.
Our Lady of Good Voyage
Rusty!
Waterlogged carpets in Rocky Neck alley.
Windows to Smith Cove.
The Rudder
Sailor Stan's
Smith Cove dock.
Treads
Hook
Ice covered Teresa Marie IV offshore.
Beauport in ice.
Midnight Sun iced in.
The next day.
Chunks of ice!
Sledding at Stage Fort Park.
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