2013 — Feb 8-9, Winter Storm Nemo, northeast, esp., CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY– 18

—>18  Lindsay. “Snow-buried New Englanders seek help…” USA Today, 2-13-13[1]

—  18  Blanchard tally from State and locality breakouts below.

—  12  Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

 

Connecticut                (5):

—  5  State.  Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

—  1  Bridgeport.  Man found dead under snow in driveway.[2]

—  1  Danbury.  Man, 73, falls, shoveling snow.[3]

—  1  New Milford. Male, 55, heart attack, plowing snow.[4]

—  1  Prospect.  Woman, 80s, clearing snow, hit-and-run victim.[5]

—  1  Shelton.  Man, 49, “medical event” shoveling snow.[6]

 

Maine                         (1):

–1  Passadumkeag. Man, 75, hits tree in whiteout, pickup goes into Penobscot Riv.,  drowns.[7]

 

Massachusetts           (5):

—  1  Boston.  Carbon monoxide poisoning, boy in car while father shovels around it.[8]

—  1  Mattapan neighborhood (Boston). Carbon monoxide poisoning, running, snowed-in-car.[9]

—  2  Springfield, Corcoran Blvd., carbon monoxide poisoning.[10]

—  1  Webster.  Man, 60, heart attack clearing snow, leads to death at hospital.

 

New Hampshire         (1):

—  1  Auburn. Car slides on hill, smashes into tree, killing male driver.[11]

 

New York                   (6):

—  1  Columbia Co.  Man, 23, plowing his driveway with farm tractor, goes off road edge.[12]

—  3  Northport. Men, 76, shoveling snow; 51, heart attack, outside; 82, outside shoveling snow.[13]

—  1  Poughkeepsie.  Driver loses control in snowy conditions, fatally hits 74-year-old man.[14]

—  1  Seldon, Long Island.  Man, 58, “medical problem” clearing snow from his car.[15]

 

Feb 10:  “The thick blanket of snow and troubles that buried most of the Northeast this weekend slowly began receding today, with power being restored in some areas, and highways and airports again coming to life…. Although more than 6,000 flights have been canceled in the region since Friday, New York’s major airports were operational today. Even Boston’s Logan International Airport was open for business….

 

“Hurricane-force winds and history making snowfalls had conspired to spread misery from New Jersey to Maine. Winds gusted to 76 mph in Boston and 84 mph in Cuttyhunk, Mass., during the height of the storm Saturday. The storm piled the most snow on Hamden, Conn. — 40 inches — and was the fifth largest in Boston history, with 24.9 inches of snow recorded there.  The 31.9 inches in Portland, Maine, is the most ever recorded there from a single snowstorm; the storm was the second biggest for Hartford, Conn. (22.8 inches) and Concord, N.H. (24 inches), and third biggest in Worcester, Mass. (28.7 inches)….

 

“The storm, dubbed “Nemo” by the Weather Channel, was not as bad as some of the forecasts led many to fear, and not as dire as the Blizzard of ’78, used by longtime New Englanders as the benchmark by which all other winter storms are measured.”  (Bacon, John, and Doyle Rice. “‘Nemo’ blamed for 11 U.S. deaths; cleanup effort under way.” Detroit Free Press, 2-10-2013.

 

Feb 13: “The storm, blamed for at least 18 deaths across the U.S. and Canada, caused flooding that forced coastal evacuations in Massachusetts and carried high winds that downed trees and power lines.”  (Lindsay. “Snow-buried New Englanders seek help…” USA Today, 2-13-2013.)

 

Sources

 

Bush, Leah. NorthportPatch. “Three Northport Med Die While Removing Snow.” 2-11-2013. Accessed 2-14-2013: http://northport.patch.com/articles/three-northport-men-die-while-removing-snow

 

Graham, George. “Agawam police: North Westfield Street man dies of natural causes after his plow truck gets stuck and catches fire. The Republican, 2-12-2013. Accessed 2-13-2013 at: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/agawam_police_north_westfield.html

 

Lindsay, Jay (AP). “Snow-buried New Englanders seek help from residents. USA Today, 2-13-2013. At: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/02/13/blizzard-nemo-new-england/1915933/

 

McClam, Erin. “Clobbered by record-setting blizzard, Northeast begins to dig out.” NBC News, 2-9-2013. Accessed 2-14-2013: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/09/16908958-clobbered-by-record-setting-blizzard-northeast-begins-to-dig-out?lite

 

Weather Channel. “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013. Accessed 2-13-2013: http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/fatal-storm-nemo-deaths-20130210

 

 

[1] U.S. and Canada.

[2] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

[3] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

[4] McClam, Erin. “Clobbered by record-setting blizzard, Northeast begins to dig out.” NBC News, 2-9-2013.

[5] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

[6] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

[7] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

[8] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

[9] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

[10] Graham, George. “Agawam police: North Westfield Street man dies of natural causes after his plow truck gets stuck and catches fire. The Republican, 2-12-2013.

[11] McClam, Erin. “Clobbered by record-setting blizzard, Northeast begins to dig out.” NBC News, 2-9-2013.

[12] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

[13] Bush, Leah, NorthportPatch. “Three Northport Med Die While Removing Snow.” 2-11-2013.

[14] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.

[15] Weather Channel.  “Fatal Storm: Deaths from Northeast Winter Storm. 2-11-2013.