Severe T-Storms, Damaging Winds Moving Through Berkshires

One of the big weather stories on #Friday will be the #severe thunderstorm threat across the Northeast into the Ohio Valley, basically from Boston to Columbus. The main threat from these #thunderstorms will be damaging winds but hail and a tornado or two are also possible. pic.twitter.com/dSXdhQsw05

— National Weather Service (@NWS) May 14, 2020

Severe Storm Threat Continues.

Expected warm and humid air today....temps spiking 75 to 80 thus afternoon.

Clusters of cells may form 3 to 5pm....the main squall line 5 to 7pm....
Main threat damaging winds, some large hail in any discrete supercells, and a few rotating storms pic.twitter.com/MLHjxwxiYG

— Steve Caporizzo (@SteveCaporizzo) May 15, 2020

The line of organized T-Storms is predicted to hit central MA between 6 & 9 pm. CT between 8:30-11pm. Northern NJ between 9-11 pm. The line of storms weaken as they pass through CT & Lower Hudson Valley. pic.twitter.com/7i6JHB4brw

— New England Weather (@SouthernNewEng1) May 15, 2020

Risk for severe storms today as isolated T-storms develop initially between 4-8pm becoming more widespread from 8-11pm. Main concerns will be damaging wind gusts and hail, especially in western New England, where an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. pic.twitter.com/UwZ1Q9VVBa

— Jason Doris (@Doris_Weather) May 15, 2020

Severe weather is possible across much of Southern New England tomorrow. Storms are expected to occur from the mid afternoon into the evening.

PRIMARY THREAT: Damaging Wind
Secondary Threat: Isolated Tornadoes
Tertiary Threat: Large Hail pic.twitter.com/GFSzKPhMMq

— Tucker Antico (@tuckerweather) May 14, 2020

Cost, Access to NBCTC High Among Concerns North Berkshire Residents

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
06:15PM / Thursday, April 25, 2024

Adams Select Chair Christine Hoyt, NBCTC Executive Director David Fabiano and William Solomon, the attorney representing the four communities, talk after the session. 

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Public access channels should be supported and made more available to the public — and not be subject to a charge.

 

More than three dozen community members in-person and online attended the public hearing  Wednesday on public access and service from Spectrum/Charter Communications. The session at City Hall was held for residents in Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg and North Adams to express their concerns to Spectrum ahead of another 10-year contract that starts in October.

 

Listening via Zoom but not speaking was Jennifer Young, director state government affairs at Charter.

 

One speaker after another conveyed how critical local access television is to the community and emphasized the need for affordable and reliable services, particularly for vulnerable populations like the elderly. 

 

"I don't know if everybody else feels the same way but they have a monopoly," said Clarksburg resident David Emery. "They control everything we do because there's nobody else to go to. You're stuck with with them."

 

Public access television, like the 30-year-old Northern Berkshire Community Television, is funded by cable television companies through franchise fees, member fees, grants and contributions.

 

Spectrum is the only cable provider in the region and while residents can shift to satellite providers or streaming, Northern Berkshire Community Television is not available on those alternatives and they may not be easy for some to navigate. For instance, the Spectrum app is available on smart televisions but it doesn't include PEG, the public, educational and governmental channels provided by NBCTC.