More on Deadly Northeast Winds

As a followup to my articles about Friday's high winds in the Northeast (and Mount Washington), I wanted to give point out the tragic picture below out of New York State, and also give you an idea of some of the extreme reports that came out of Massachusetts and New Hampshire Friday, which I don't think were covered very well by the media outside of that area.

Fire crews from Laurelton Fire Dist. in Irondequoit, N.Y., along with West Webster Fire Dist., work to free a woman from a car after a tree fell on her vehicle while driving in Irondequoit, early Friday, Feb. 17, 2006, during the wind storm that hit Monroe County. The woman was killed by the impact of the tree. In western New York, winds gusting up to 60 mph early Friday also led several schools to close from Buffalo to Rochester and south to the Finger Lakes region, partly out of concern for safety and in anticipation of power outages. (AP Photo/ Democrat and Chronilce, Max Schulte)

This article out of Porstmouth, New Hampshire paints a pretty dire picture, pointing out that 75,000 people lost power in New Hampshire at the height of the storm, and many residents remained without power through the brutal cold that followed. They also have a damage photo.

The reports called into the Boston office of the National Weather Service alone, by Skywarn (info) spotters, also reveal the veracity of the storm:

The following winds over 60 mph were reported by the NWS:

Groton, MA: 70 mph
Boston Harbor, MA: 69 mph
Scituate, MA: 68 mph
Worchester, MA: 65 mph
Avon, CT: 64 mph
Brookline, MA: 64 mph
Montgomery, MA: 64 mph
Merrimack, NH: 61 mph