'Frankenstorm' is no big deal locally

While Hurricane Sandy left areas of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other states devastated, the weather system some dubbed "Frankenstorm" did relatively little to harm the Green Mountain State. In the Whiting area, some moderate winds and a bit of overnight rain were the only evidence that the storm even existed.

(Sandy removed one of our window screens, dropping it in the back yard, and kindly removed a broken tree limb that had been dangling high in a sugar maple for some time.)

According to the Addison Independent, no storm-related road closures occurred anywhere in Addison County. Schools were closed on Tuesday, but residents saw little reason for the measure. According to the newspaper, the top wind in the county was nothing like the 80 mph spoken of by weather forecasters, but something closer to 60 mph. (At the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire, Sandy's top wind was clocked at 140 mph.)

Vermont did experience a fair number of power outages. Early on, those were largely limited to the southern counties of Bennington and Windsor, but others occurred later in Rutland, Washington, Orange and Caledonia Counties. There were approximately 10,000 customers without power in Vermont early this morning. At this writing, there are 7,994 customers without service.

Moderate winds continue in the area today, with showers possible through Friday.