The November flood of 1927. The March flood of 1936. The September hurricane and flood of 1938. These historic weather events have the benchmarks for natural disasters in southern Vermont. What happened in Windham County on Sunday is on par with all three, as torrential rains from Tropical Storm Irene caused major flooding and epic devastation. Runoff from the 4-7 inches of rain that fell on the county between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon filled virtually every small stream and...
Eagles tribute band 7 Bridges Road will perform an acoustic show featuring the music of The Eagles at the Hooker-Dunham Theater on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 8 p.m. The band from western Massachusetts features some of New England's finest vocalists and musicians, and the show will also include songs from individual Eagles members' solo careers. With four vocalists playing guitars and bass, the band says in a news release that the songs of the Eagles will be “live and well...
The sheer massiveness of the Gobi Desert is unimaginable. Even as you stand on a dune, seeing it yourself, the idea that it goes on for miles and miles is impossible to wrap your head around. You know that you are seeing only a small fraction of the sand dunes, one after another, never-ending. We got out of the city of Hohhot pretty fast. In less than five minutes, we were already barreling through the outskirts on a highway still...
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