October 21, 2009 - Sunday's Nor'easter washed away the last of the cottages on Chatham's North Beach. The cottage was named "Hammatt's Hangar" after its owner, Bill Hammatt. The cottage was swept from its foundation onto a sandbar beside the channel (the "new" cut) that leads to Pleasant Bay. Hammatt plans to remove it once he receives the necessary permits. Here's the full story from Boston.com.

October 16, 2009 - There's a powerful nor'easter today. The waves are big and out of control with chunks of foam blowing off the tops of them. These conditions are what surfers call "Victory at Sea." The expression comes from a NBC TV series that aired in the 1950's about the Navy during WWII. Here's a clip from Episode 1, Part 1. WARNING: If you are prone to seasickness you may get queasy watching parts of this (around the 5 minute mark):

Click for larger image August 28, 2009 - Tropical Storm Danny is now off the coast of Georgia moving NNW at 9 mph. Sustained winds have diminished since yesterday and are now blowing at 40 mph. It looks like Danny will not reach hurricane status. The storm is forecast to pass close to Cape Cod and Nantucket Saturday afternoon, delivering heavy rain and sustained winds of 30 mph.

August 27, 2009 - Tropical Storm Danny is now off the coast of Florida heading NW at 10 mph. Danny has sustained winds of 60 mph. The National Hurricane Center forecasts that Danny will become a hurricane and pass close to Cape Cod on Saturday. Cape Cod is well within the 1-3 forecast cone and could be hit directly.