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Westport walloped with wind and cold, but little snow.

Westport walloped with wind and cold, but little snow.

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Westport's recent winter wallop of wind and driving wet snow is now officially the Blizzard of 2010, the sequel, as sustained winds of over 35 mph and enough hours of low visibility qualified this nor'easter as a blizzard. Westport was spared the one to two feet of snow received by communities to the north, but slippery walks and icy roadways created treacherous conditions that slowed traffic in many areas. Motorists struggled with frozen car locks and windows, and the wind brought down a few heavy branches, not a lot, but some.

The first Blizzard of 2010 was a winter storm and severe weather event that hit New England between February 9–11, 2010, dumping 12 to 40 inches of snow across a wide swath from Washington, DC to Boston.

Westport police reported no serious vehicle accidents, and there was very little property damage. It seemed that Westport dodged a very large bullet.

But it was just too darn cold and windy to go out fishing.

However there was a flip side to this storm.

Power outages so traditionally associated with blizzards in Westport were mostly non-existent, and holiday revelers had a lengthened Christmas vacation, an unexpected but appreciated bonus to the holiday season.

Beautifully blue skies on Tuesday brightened a white landscape replete with iced-over ponds and rivers. Stone walls wore their winter caps and fields were blanketed in an unbroken mantle of dazzling sequined snow. Sand dunes became snow dunes, and wildlife seemed to enjoy the weather outside as much as we enjoyed it from the inside.

Potato Hill got a real workout as area residents enjoyed some of the finest sledding in years.

A white Christmas was a little late, but nevertheless was welcome.

Left: Westport River north of Hixbridge. Right: Forge Pond.

Left: Like some great, tuskless wooly mammoth, this seasoned hay bale stands solitary guard over its domain. Right: a red-tailed hawk surveys his domain.

Westport Harbor channel and the Knubble as seen from the Cherry & Webb sand dunes.

Left: a path up the Cherry & Webb sand dunes. Center: a Westport Rivers Vineyard vignette. Right: Westport River south of Hixbridge.

Cuttyhunk Island seen from the cold, windy, and snow-covered East Beach.

The Westport fishing fleet and the seagulls were in for the holiday.

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