Quoting myself… while I and my family are safe and well — several communities in northern and central VT are experiencing flooding with rivers expected to continue rising overnight, some cresting at 3-5 feet above flood stage. At the same time temperatures are dropping through the night and tomorrow to below freezing. Some of these same communities — including our small capital city of Montpelier — were destroyed by flooding back in July and many are just beginning to recover, though some businesses are still trying to get to that point. This flooding - in winter cold, many buildings yet without heat restored, right before the holidays — has potential to be devastating to these communities. I am so sad tonight.
