Who do you support for the Attorney General race ?

Voted For William H. Sorrell

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Voted For Kerin Karen

brian wrote:

Sorrell had a golden opportunity to investigate all the shady dealings going on at the Bellows Falls police dept, all he got was a cop who had a gambling problem.
There are very deep underlying problems with that dept that go back years if not decades..
Bill dropped the ball.

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northstardust wrote:

Sorrell has been tough on environmental crimes. Hopefully he will hold Entergy's feet to the fire re what Shumlin calls 'the worst environmental disater in VT'.

Hawkeye wrote:

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Actually, the worst environment disaster in Vermont occurred in 1927 when mass flooding collapsed the of the damns, retaining walls, bridges etc. in Vermont.
For the 1927 New England flood, all lives lost occurred in Vermont with the exception of a death in Rhode Island. Of the Vermont fatalities, 55 were in the Winooski Valley where the storm's heaviest rains fell during the night time hours, according to Albert Kachic, a retired weather service regional hydrologist who specializes in flood history. Total property damage was conservatively estimated as $40 million ($960 million in 1997 dollars), of which $28 million dollars ($672 million in 1997 dollars) occurred in Vermont.
"In many areas, the rivers and streams rose so rapidly and at night that the inhabitants were taken by surprise," Kachic said. "Many were unable to escape to safety before being drowned in their houses. Rushing waters washed out bridges, retaining walls, dams, road embankments, houses, building, and farm lands."
The area of greatest precipitation was centered along the Green Mountains of Vermont and extended southward across Massachusetts into Connecticut. In this area, upwards of nine inches of rain landed on ground already saturated by heavy rains that fell from Oct. 18-21, 1927. Swamps and lakes were already full and most of the streams and creeks were running bank full, Kachic said. As a result, the rivers, small streams and creeks quickly overflowed their banks and filled many valleys from hill to hill.
The rainfall from Nov. 2-4 broke all records for continuous rain in Vermont, and many 24-hour records throughout the region with the areas of greatest recorded rainfall were in Vermont, eastern and western Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
At Burlington, Vt., the total rainfall for the period was 5.62 inches, of which 4.49 fell in 24 hours, according to weather service records. At Northfield, the storm total was 8.63 inches and the 24 hour fall 7.61 inches. Somerset, Vt., in the Connecticut River Basin, recorded 8.77 inches in 24 hours with a storm total of 9.65 inches, the maximum recorded.
Other points in Vermont where rainfall exceeded seven inches for Nov. 2-4 are Bennington, 7.63 inches; Cavendish, 7.96 inches; Chelsea, 7.35 inches; Rutland, 8.47 inches; Searsburg Mountain, 8.30 inches; and Woodstock, 7.38 inches.
The Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt., was three feet higher than the previous record and the entire business district was under eight to 10 feet of water. At White River Junction, Vt., the Connecticut River was five feet higher than the former record of March, 1913, and at Bellows Falls, Vt., 6.6 feet higher than in 1913. The crest of the flood on the Pemigewasset River at Plymouth, NH was nine feet higher than previously recorded peaks, and at Franklin Junction on the Merrimack River it was seven feet higher.
Other streams where exceptional flood stages were observed were the Missisquoi, Ottauquechee, Jail Branch, Dog, and Lamoille Rivers and Otter Creek in Vermont;

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northstardust wrote:

Who cares!

northstardust wrote:

Sorrell has been tough on environmental crimes. Hopefully he will hold Entergy's feet to the fire re what Shumlin calls 'the worst environmental disater in VT'.

brian wrote:

Sorrell had a golden opportunity to investigate all the shady dealings going on at the Bellows Falls police dept, all he got was a cop who had a gambling problem.
There are very deep underlying problems with that dept that go back years if not decades..
Bill dropped the ball.

Voted For Kerin Karen

Voted For Charlotte Dennett

Hawkeye wrote:

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Actually, the worst environment disaster in Vermont occurred in 1927 when mass flooding collapsed the of the damns, retaining walls, bridges etc. in Vermont.
For the 1927 New England flood, all lives lost occurred in Vermont with the exception of a death in Rhode Island. Of the Vermont fatalities, 55 were in the Winooski Valley where the storm's heaviest rains fell during the night time hours, according to Albert Kachic, a retired weather service regional hydrologist who specializes in flood history. Total property damage was conservatively estimated as $40 million ($960 million in 1997 dollars), of which $28 million dollars ($672 million in 1997 dollars) occurred in Vermont.
"In many areas, the rivers and streams rose so rapidly and at night that the inhabitants were taken by surprise," Kachic said. "Many were unable to escape to safety before being drowned in their houses. Rushing waters washed out bridges, retaining walls, dams, road embankments, houses, building, and farm lands."
The area of greatest precipitation was centered along the Green Mountains of Vermont and extended southward across Massachusetts into Connecticut. In this area, upwards of nine inches of rain landed on ground already saturated by heavy rains that fell from Oct. 18-21, 1927. Swamps and lakes were already full and most of the streams and creeks were running bank full, Kachic said. As a result, the rivers, small streams and creeks quickly overflowed their banks and filled many valleys from hill to hill.
The rainfall from Nov. 2-4 broke all records for continuous rain in Vermont, and many 24-hour records throughout the region with the areas of greatest recorded rainfall were in Vermont, eastern and western Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
At Burlington, Vt., the total rainfall for the period was 5.62 inches, of which 4.49 fell in 24 hours, according to weather service records. At Northfield, the storm total was 8.63 inches and the 24 hour fall 7.61 inches. Somerset, Vt., in the Connecticut River Basin, recorded 8.77 inches in 24 hours with a storm total of 9.65 inches, the maximum recorded.
Other points in Vermont where rainfall exceeded seven inches for Nov. 2-4 are Bennington, 7.63 inches; Cavendish, 7.96 inches; Chelsea, 7.35 inches; Rutland, 8.47 inches; Searsburg Mountain, 8.30 inches; and Woodstock, 7.38 inches.
The Winooski River at Montpelier, Vt., was three feet higher than the previous record and the entire business district was under eight to 10 feet of water. At White River Junction, Vt., the Connecticut River was five feet higher than the former record of March, 1913, and at Bellows Falls, Vt., 6.6 feet higher than in 1913. The crest of the flood on the Pemigewasset River at Plymouth, NH was nine feet higher than previously recorded peaks, and at Franklin Junction on the Merrimack River it was seven feet higher.
Other streams where exceptional flood stages were observed were the Missisquoi, Ottauquechee, Jail Branch, Dog, and Lamoille Rivers and Otter Creek in Vermont;