Snowstorm dumps on Northeast

Snowstorm dumps on Northeast

Much of the US Northeast from New York to Maine spent the last few days digging out after blizzard conditions and record-setting snowfalls left hundreds of thousands temporarily without power in winter temperatures. The storm surge during high tides at the height of the storm caused beach erosion and flooded coastal towns with ice-filled waters and rocks washed in from the sea. 

A snowplow operates in the Back Bay neighborhood on Feb. 8 in Boston, Mass., as well as other states from New York to Maine are preparing for a major blizzard with possible record amounts of snowfall in some areas. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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A pedestrian walks into wind-driven snow in Boston, Mass., Feb. 8 at the beginning of what is forecasted to be a major winter snow storm. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) #

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An image released by NASA from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured Feb. 8 shows a massive winter storm coming together as two low pressure systems merge over the northeast US. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge storm sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. (NASA) #

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Riders wait in a bus stop where color-tinted windows collect snow during the storm on Feb. 8 in Portland, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

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Bethany Cook, a waitress at the Barnacle Bar and Restaurant, plays with Quinn Nevins during the storm in Marblehead, Mass. (Bill Greene/The Boston Globe) #

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Peter Simons waits for his flight to Paris, France while stranded in the International Terminal E at Logan Airport on Feb. 8 in Boston, Mass. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe) #

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A man walks through a driving snow as the storm arrives in the Back Bay neighborhood on Feb. 8 in Boston. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) #

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Mike Streeter shovels snow in his front yard as ocean water crashes over the sea wall just feet away on Feb. 9 in Winthrop, Mass. The powerful storm knocked out power to 650,000 and dumped more than two feet of snow in parts of New England. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images) #

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Snowbound vehicles remain stranded Saturday morning, Feb. 9, along Route 347 in Lake Grove, N.Y. Hundreds of cars were stranded on New York's Long Island roadways as snow rapidly covered roadways. Many people abandoned their vehicles and first responders rescued motorists who chose to spend the frigid night in their vehicles. (John Paraskevas/Newsday via Associated Press) #

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People shovel snow as flood waters go down Coral Street on Feb. 9 in Winthrop, Mass. An overnight blizzard left one to two feet of snow in areas and coastal flooding is expected as the storm lingers into the day. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images) #

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A parking meter pokes out of a snow bank during a blizzard on Feb. 9 in Portland, Maine. The storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon, breaking the record for the biggest storm on record. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

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Large waves crashed over sand barriers, destroying the decks of homes along the beach on Plum Island, Mass., as a large winter storm hit the region at high tide. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe) #

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A man hunches over to protect himself from the wind and blowing snow while walking on the beach at New York's Coney Island on Feb. 9. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press) #

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An inner-tube floats on Turner Road in Scituate, Mass., on Feb. 9. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

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A man walks along a snow-covered, evacuated seafront road in Salisbury, Mass., on Feb 9. (Winslow Townson/Associated Press) #

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Andrea Giacomozti and her daughter, Gavin, were circled by water in their Scituate, Mass. home on Feb. 9. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

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A woman reacts to the snow after opening her front door on Feb. 9 in Boston, Mass. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) #

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A man drags a shovel up Beacon Hill during a severe winter snow storm in Boston, Mass., on Feb. 9. A blizzard hit the Northeastern United States leaving hundreds of thousands without power and disrupting thousands of flights, media and officials said. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) #

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Snow covered vehicles sit on Commonwealth Avenue on Feb. 9 in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Mass. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) #

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A snowblower gets sprayed with snow as winds gust on Bellevue Road in the Squantum neighborhood of Quincy, Mass., on Feb, 9. (Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe) #

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A woman digs her car out after it was blocked in by drifting snow during a blizzard on Feb. 9 in Portland, Maine. The storm dumped more than 30 inches of snow as of Saturday afternoon. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

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A boy and his dog take in the scene on Marshview Drive in Marshfield, Mass., on Feb. 9. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe) #

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With snow shovel in hand homeowner Jeff Lincoln heads into the floodwater near his home in Scituate, Mass., on Feb 9. (David L Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

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People dig out from the historic snowfall on Feb. 10 near Hamden, Conn., in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much of the New England states. (Craig Ruttle/Associated Press) #

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While the walkways were clear, ice still covered the facades of business storefronts on Nantasket Ave. in Hull, Mass., on Feb. 10. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe) #

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Private First Class Juan Jimens with the 1182d National Guard looks over flooded Turner Road in Scituate, Mass., on Feb 9. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

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A common message was written in snow around the George Washington statue in the Boston Public Garden on Feb. 10. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

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Mary Ann Bova walks along a slippery snow-covered sidewalk during the winter storm on Feb. 8. (David Duprey/Associated Press) #

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A man rides down a hill on a toboggan, chased by his dog in Central Park in New York City on Feb. 9. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) #

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Nicole Lacoursiere of North Andover, Mass., falls back to make a snow angel on Feb. 9 in some 24 inches of snow that had fallen in her yard. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press) #

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Greg Beal and Karen Willis Beal pose for photos outdoors after their wedding that went on despite a snowstorm in South Portland, Maine, on Feb. 9. Karen Willis Beal said her vision of a dream wedding included a snowstorm just like the one hit before her parents married in December 1970. The record-breaking storm prevented some of her guests from attending. (Bonnie Harrison/Associated Press) #

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Brooke Linsky knocks a snow-coverd branch in Central Park on Feb. 9 in New York City. The park received almost a foot of snow, as New York was spared the worst of the massive snow storm that hit the US Northeast. (John Moore/Getty Images) #

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About 50 people participated in a snowball fight at the Boston Common on Feb. 10. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe) #

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From left, Worcester Polytechnic Institute freshmen Kyle Foster and Steven Como, both members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, jump from the fraternity house porch roof into a steep snow bank on Wachusett Street in Worcester, Mass., in the aftermath of an overnight storm on Feb. 9. (Paul Kapteyn/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Associated Press) #

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A snowboarder catches some air while taking advantage of a makeshift terrain park on Boston Common in Boston on Feb. 9. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (Charles Krupa/Associated Press) #

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Masschusetts Institute of Technology student Erica Simmoms is covered in snow during a snow ball fight between MIT and Harvard University students in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 10 following a winter blizzard which dumped up to 40 inches of snow with hurricane force winds, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) #

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Cheryl Roegner of the North End neighborhood of Boston, sits in the sun and the snow on a bench in Paul Revere Mall next to a snow sculpture she says she did not have a hand in making on Feb. 10 in the North End neighborhood of Boston. With temperatures in the 40's many turned out to enjoy the sun and some of the two-feet of snow left by Friday and Saturday's storm throughout Boston. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) #

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Rebecca Road in Scituate, Mass., was blocked on Feb. 9 by rocks left from the storm. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe) #

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Grave markers in the Granary Burial Ground, that date back to 1660, are partially buried in snow on a sunny Sunday afternoon on Feb. 10 in Boston. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) #

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Peter Bloom digs his car out of a parking lot at sunrise on Feb. 10 in Portland, Maine. Residents are digging out after a blizzard dumped a record 31.9 inches of snow on the city. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

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Fergus Moylan of Plymouth, Mass., reads by the light of his battery fed reading light as he prepares to weather another night without power on Feb. 9. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff) #

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Cars are buried by snow near Hamden, Conn., on Feb. 10 in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much of the New England states. (Craig Ruttle/Associated Press) #

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Ice is seen from the air off the Quincy, Mass., shoreline on Feb. 10. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe) #

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Courtney Bazininet hands a shovel to her friend, Alice Fernald, after getting her car temporarily stuck in a snow bank on Feb. 10 in Portland, Maine. Residents are digging out after a blizzard dumped a record 31.9 inches of snow on the city. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

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Bert Johnson takes a break while clearing snow from a bus-stop bench outside the apartment complex where he lives in Portland, Maine, on Feb. 10. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press) #

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Maxine Jonas of France passes a buried car while walking on top of piles of snow on an unplowed street in Boston on Feb. 10 (Winslow Townson.Associated Press) #

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Julie MacDonald rests on the back of her car while trying to dig it out in Somerville, Mass., on Feb 10 following a winter blizzard which dumped up to 40 inches of snow with hurricane force winds, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) #

Tea Time

Tea Time

An estate owned by descendants of the 19th century British aristocrat for whom Earl Grey tea was named is turning history on its head by selling English tea to China. The Tregothnan estate in the southwestern English county of Cornwall started selling tea from its tiny plantation in 2005 and last year produced about 10 tons of tea and infusions. Current owners (and residents) of Tregothnan, Evelyn and Katharine Boscawen think they've found a niche to exploit in exporting English tea to China and India. The long history of immersing tea leaves in hot water for a refreshing drink is not lost on the Boscawens. By the Victorian Era, taking tea had become a regular ritual at almost every level of society from elaborate afternoon tea for the rich in country houses to tea and gruel for the working poor as depicted by Charles Dickens.Tregothnan has projected 2013 sales to be $3.14 million, a drop in the proverbial bucket compared to the world's largest black tea exporter, Kenya, predicting $1.33 billion in sales for 2013. 

Evelyn Boscawen and his wife, Katharine, at their home, the Tregothnan Estate near Truro in Cornwall, Jan. 14, 2013. Tregothnan is bucking an historic trend by growing tea in England and exporting almost half of it abroad, including to tea-growing nations like China and India. Owned by a descendant of 19th century British Prime Minister Charles Grey, after whom the Earl Grey tea blend was named, the Tregothnan estate has been selling tea since 2005 and currently produces around 10 tons a year of tea and infusions. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)

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Wesley Goldsworthy picks tea leaves at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 14, 2013. Tregothnan is situated in England's southwest and benefits from an unusual microclimate similar to that of Darjeeling in India. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Deer gather at the Tregothnan Estate near Truro in Cornwall, Jan. 14, 2013. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Wesley Goldsworthy holds a basket with tea leaves at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 14, 2013. Tregothnan is bucking an historic trend by growing tea in England and exporting almost half of it abroad, including to tea-growing nations like China and India. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Production manager, Brian Eyers, and tea volunteer, Brian Bowden, work in a drying room at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. With a portion of its tea bushes nestled in the estate's pleasure gardens, Tregothnan looks more like a vast country estate than an agricultural business. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Tea volunteer, Brian Bowden, smells Manuka in a drying room at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Production assistant, Alwyn Keenor, works on a tea machine at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 14, 2013. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Production assistant, Yvonne Bryan, packs loose tea leaves into a bag in a laboratory at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. "There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea," is the quote attributed to Basque philosopher Bernard-Paul Heroux that adorns individual packets containing the estate's teabags. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Production assistant, Alwyn Keenor, drinks a cup of tea in the staff room during a break at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 14, 2013. Referencing the stereotypical English love of a good brew is a big part of Tregothnan's marketing strategy. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Estate assistant, Katalin Odvide, packages tea at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 14, 2013. Tea, native to Asia, is not traditionally grown in Britain but can be cultivated outdoors at Tregothnan because of an unusual microclimate. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Estate assistant, Katalin Odvide, leaves a laboratory at the Tregothnan Estate near Truro in Cornwall, Jan. 14, 2013. Export to China is seen as an opportunity. "The Chinese are great lovers of buying exotic things from all over the world. Even if it might have come from China (originally)," says Boscawen. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Production manager Brian Eyers cuts a Manuka plant at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. Tregothnan is bucking an historic trend of tea flowing from East to West by beginning to export some of their wares to China and elsewhere. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Abby Keverne walks past a gate after picking tea leaves at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 14, 2013. The Tregothnan estate has been selling tea since 2005 and currently produces around 10 tons a year of tea and infusions. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Commercial and Garden Director, Jonathan Jones, at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. Tregothnan's historic setting, with its imposing country house and graceful grounds, is important to the brand. "We went into this right from the outset as being able to put the English into English tea," Jones said. "We weren't ever looking at being the new India or China, that's ridiculous." (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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An employee prepares an online order, Jan. 14, 2013. Tregothnan is part of a wider trend of small producers in strange parts of the world, including Hawaii, Canada and Scotland. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Buttons on a jacket in an office at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. Referencing the stereotypical English love of a good brew is a big part of Tregothnan's marketing strategy. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Estate assistant, Katalin Odvide, labels tea packages at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. "There's no one else who's growing tea in England and putting English tea on the market," said owner Evelyn Boscawen. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Marketing officer, Abbey Keverne, drinks a cup of tea in an office at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. The scale of production in Tregothnan is only large enough to be considered a small Darjeeling tea garden in India.(Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Estate assistant, Katalin Odvide, labels tea packages at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. Although Tregothnan has projected sales of teas and infusions of 2 million pounds ($3.14 million), this is a minuscule sum in comparison to the global export market with the world's largest black tea exporter, Kenya, predicting tea exports earnings of $1.33 billion in 2013. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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A cup of tea on an office table at the Tregothnan Estate, Jan. 15, 2013. Tea, native to Asia, is not traditionally grown in Britain but can be cultivated outdoors at Tregothnan, which is located in England's southwest and benefits from an unusual microclimate similar to that of Darjeeling in India. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Estate assistant, Katalin Odvide, drinks a cup of tea in the staff room during a break at the Tregothnan Estate near Truro in Cornwall, Jan. 14, 2013. Although the estate produces around 10 tons a year of tea and infusions, it is only a drop in the ocean of global tea production. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Bags hang in an office at the Tregothnan Estate near Truro in Cornwall, Jan. 14, 2013. Owned by a descendant of 19th century British Prime Minister Charles Grey, after whom the Earl Grey tea blend was named, the Tregothnan estate has been selling tea since 2005 and currently produces around 10 tons a year of tea and infusions.(Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Tea packages are displayed in a shop at the Tregothnan Estate near Truro in Cornwall, Jan. 15, 2013. Tregothnan is bucking an historic trend by growing tea in England and exporting almost half of it abroad, including to tea-growing nations like China and India. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)#

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Tregothnan British tea at a tea house in the Hongqiao Antique and Tea Center, downtown Shanghai Jan. 25, 2013. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)#

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Customers wait as Li Ding prepares Tregothnan British tea at her tea house in the Hongqiao Antique and Tea Center in downtown Shanghai, Jan. 25, 2013. Owned by a descendant of 19th century British Prime Minister Charles Grey, after whom the Earl Grey tea blend was named, the Tregothnan estate has been selling tea since 2005 and currently produces around 10 tons a year of tea and infusions. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)#

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Shen Jun Yi drinks Tregothnan British tea at a tea house in the Hongqiao Antique and Tea Center in downtown Shanghai, Jan. 25, 2013. Tregothnan is bucking an historic trend by growing tea in England and exporting almost half of it abroad, including to tea-growing nations like China and India. Owned by a descendant of 19th century British Prime Minister Charles Grey, after whom the Earl Grey tea blend was named, the Tregothnan estate has been selling tea since 2005 and currently produces around 10 tons a year of tea and infusions. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)#