Peter Judge
Peter Judge
athletics came guys tears win
We came here to win medals; when my guys are in tears it's tough.
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If this were a Tuesday, we might be dealing with all sorts of trouble. But thankfully, residents can stay inside and just watch the white stuff from their windows -- and that's what we want them to do.
avoid ended inches low scale wind
We could have had a lot more wind damage, certainly. And the rain, we ended up on the low end of the scale of what we could have gotten, around 2 inches around the state. We managed to avoid the worst-case scenario.
goes scenario
The best-case scenario is nothing happens. The worst-case scenario is it goes any minute.
potential problems sorts
There's the potential for all sorts of problems all over the state.
people
It's very, very dangerous. We want people to take this very, very seriously,
coming places
It's coming out in a lot of places it really shouldn't be.
amount capacity dams hold minimal slow solution trying water
They are working upstream with dams that hold back other ponds and other lakes. They are trying to slow the other water down. But it is not going to be a solution because there is only minimal amount of capacity up there.
plan vote
They want to vote on a plan and don't have any idea of what it will cost.
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This was the widest-spread flooding event we've ever had in the commonwealth. Literally every stream (and) small river at some point exceeded its banks.
downtown homes river
Downstream from the river there are about 100 homes as well as downtown Taunton,
feared flooding gone high next potential power risks tides
And the risks that we have feared all day are still on the table: the potential power outages, the coastal flooding from the astronomically high tides over the next two days. These haven't gone away.
events everybody hurricane learns whether wrong
Big-term events, whether 9/11 or a hurricane -- everybody learns from what went wrong or what went right.
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At the end of the day, the three best mogul skiers ended up on the podium. I'm happy for him, regardless of what flag he's carrying, and I'm extremely proud of the way our guys performed.