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How much snow did you get?

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Here are snowfall totals compiled from the National Weather Service.

Please note the list does not include all communities because the NWS does not have weather observers/spotters in all towns.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY

NEWTOWN                        13.1 inches

NEW CANAAN                   12.8 inches

DANBURY                           11.6 inches

GREENWICH                      10 inches

REDDING                            10 inches

STAMFORD                       10 inches

NORWALK                          9.5 inches

BROOKFIELD                     8.5 inches

BRIDGEPORT                     9  inches

WESTON                              7 inches

DARIEN                                 6.5 inches

OLD GREENWICH             6 inches

Eastern Massachusetts looks like the big winner for snowfall accumulation totals.

NEW HAVEN COUNTY

WOLCOTT                          14.5 inches

WOODBRIDGE                  13.5 inches

SEYMOUR                           12 inches

SOUTHBURY                      10.5 inches

OXFORD                              10.5 inches

MERIDEN                           9.5 inches

BEACON FALLS                 8.3 inches

WATERBURY                   7  inches

NEW HAVEN                      7  inches

LITCHFIELD COUNTY

NEW HARTFORD                9.8 inches

NORFOLK                              8.2 inches

WINSTED                              8 inches

THOMASTON                        8  inches

LITCHFIELD                         7.5 inches

TORRINGTON                      6.5 inches

Scattered power outages

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Heavy, wet snow is causing scattered power outages throughout the state.

As of 9 a.m. Connecticut Light and Power Co. was reporting 7,784 people without power. Most of the outages were reported in central and southeastern Connecticut.

CL&P reported that a handful of customers without the juice in Oxford and Wilton.

To check the latest CL&P outages, click here.

United Illuminating has only 16 customers without power, most of them in woodsy Easton.

To check UI’s outage map, click here.

Metro-North dealing with the snow

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Metro-North’s New Haven Line trains are running close to normal with no major problems reported.

It did urge caution with slippery conditions on platforms.

The biggest problem Metro-North is reporting are delays on it’s Waterbury branch line.

Shortly after 6 a.m., Metro-North said the Waterbury train was delayed 45 minutes because of “mechanical difficulties.”

About a half-hour later, it said bus service would be provided.

For the latest updates go here.

Blizzard of 2013 videos

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The blizzard of 2013 will go down as one of Connecticut’s historic snowstorms.

And people were ready with their smart phones and video cameras to catch the action during and after the storm.

Here’s a collection of YouTube videos shot by people across southwestern Connecticut during and after the blizzard.

List of passable streets in Bridgeport

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From the City of Bridgeport:

Below is a list of roads that are passable. The City of Bridgeport lifted its travel ban at 3 p.m. Wednesday.

The List of Passable Streets in Bridgeport can be found on the City of Bridgeport website at: www.bridgeportct.gov/bptsnow

Or use this link: http://www.bridgeportct.gov/content/87201/137292.aspx

Last updated: Wednesday, February 13 at 11:36 p.m.

* indicates newest additions to the list

Acorn Ave.*

Acton Rd.

Adams St.

Admiral St.

Alameda Pl.

Alba Ave. (All parts including estates)

Albamarle St.*

Albion St.

Aldine Ave.

Aldine St. (East Main St. to dead end)

Alex St.

Alexander Ave.

Alfred St.

Alice St.

Alpine St.

Amsterdam Ave.

Anchorage Dr.

Andover Ave.

Anton Dr.

Anton St.

Anthony Dr.

Arcadia Ave.

Arlington St.

Armitage Dr.

Armstrong Pl.

Arthur St.

Ashton St.

Astoria Ave.

Baldwin St.

Balmforth St.

Balsam Ave.

Bancroft Ave.

Bank St.

Bankside St.

Barclay St.

Barnum Ave. (Seaview Ave. to Stratford town line)

Bartram Ave.

Bassick Ave.

Battery Park Dr.

Bay St.

Beacon St.

Beach St. (Jane St. to Noble Ave.)*

Bear Paw Rd.

Beardsley St.

Beatrice St.

Beauvue Ter.*

Bedford Ave.

Beecher St.

Beechmont Ave.

Beechwood Ave.

Belmont Ave.

Benham St.

Berkeley Pl.

Beverly Dr.

Beverly Pl.

Birdsey St.

Bishop Ave.

Blackrock Ave.

Blackrock St.*

Blackstone St.

Blueberry Rd.

Bond St.

Booth St.

Boston Ave.

Bostwick Ave.

Bowker Pl.

Bradley St.

Bretton St.

Brewster St.

Briarwood Ave.

Broad St.

Broadbridge Rd.

Bronx Ave.

Brooklawn Ave.

Brooklawn Pl.

Brooks St.

Brookside Ave.

Bruce Blvd.

Bryant St.

Bunnell St.

Burnsford Ave. (Merrit St. to Madison Ave.)

Burr Ct.

Burr Rd.

Butler Ave.

Bywater Ln.

Calderwood Ct.

Calhoun Ave.

Calvert Pl.*

Cambridge St.

Camp Pl.*

Cannon St.

Capitol Ave. (Park Ave. to Madison Ave.)

Capitol Ave. (Lindley St. to Lincoln Blvd.)

Carlson Ave.*

Carlton Ave.

Caroline St.

Carrie St.

Carroll Ave. (Stratford Ave. to Bay St.)

Cartright St.

Catherine St.

Cedar St.

Center St.

Central Ave. (Stratford Ave. to Orange St.)

Cesar Batalla Way

Chalmers Ave.

Chapel St.

Charles St.

Charlotte St.

Cherry Hill Dr.*

Chestnut St.

Chopsey Hill Rd.

Circular Ave.

Cityview Ave.

Claire St.*

Clark St.

Clarkson St.

Clermont Ave.

Cleveland Ave.

Clifton Pl.*

Clinton Ave.

Clover Hill Ave.

Coggswell St.

Colorado Ave.

Columbia St.*

Concord St.

Congress St.

Connecticut Ave.

Corn Tassel Rd.

Cornhill St.

Cottage St.*

Cotter Dr.

Courtland Ave.

Cowles St.

Crescent Ave.

Crescent Pl.

Crestview Dr.

Crown St.

Cumberland Dr.

Currier St.

Dale St.

Daniel Dr.

Daniels St.

Davidson St.

Davis Ave.

Dayton Rd.

Deacon St.

Deforest Ave.

Dekalb Ave.

Denver Ave.

Denver Ct.

Deramo Pl.

Dewey St.

Dexter Dr.

Division St.*

Dobson St.

Dodd Ave.*

Donald Cir.

Dora Cir.

Doreen Dr.

Duane Pl.

Eagle St.

East Main St.

Eastway Rd.

Eckart St.

Edgemoor Rd.

Edna Ave.

Edward St.*

Ellsworth St.

Elmwood Ave.

Elmwood Pl.

Emerald St.

Eric St.*

Essex St.

Everett St.

Evers Ct.

Evers Pl.

Evers St.

Fairfax Rd.

Fairfield Ave.

Fairlawns Ave.

Fayerweather Ter.

Federal St.

Ferris St.

Fifth St.

Fleetwood St.

Flowers St.

Folino Dr.

Forest Ct.

Forestview Rd.

Foster Sq.

Fourth St.

Fox St.

Frank St.

French St.

Frenchtown Rd.

Funston Ave.*

Garden St.

Garfield Ave.

George St.

Gilman St.

Gilmore St.*

Glen Cir.

Glen Ct.

Glen Pl.

Glenbrook Rd.

Glenvale Cir.

Glenvale Ter.

Glenwood Ave.

Goddard Ave.

Gold St.

Golden Hill St.

Goldenrod Ave.

Goodsell St.

Grand St.

Grandview Ave.*

Granfield Ave.

Grant St.

Greenfield Dr.

Gregory St.

Grenelle St.

Greystone Rd.

Griffin Ave.

Grove St.

Grovers St.

Guilford Dr.

Hackley St.

Hadley St.

Hallet St.

Hamilton St.

Hancock Ave.

Hanford Ave.

Hanover St.

Hanson Ave.

Harbor St.

Harborview Ave.

Harborview Pl.

Harlem Ave.

Harral Ave.

Harriett St.

Hart St.

Hawley Ave.

Hayes St.

Hazel Ave.

Hazelwood Ave.

Helen St.

Heppinstall Dr.

Herald Ave.*

Herbert St.

Heritage Pl.

Hewitt Ct.

Hewitt St.

Hickory St.

Hicks St.

Highland Ave.

Hill St.

Hillcrest Rd.*

Hilltop Rd.

Hillview St.

Holland Hill Cir.

Holland Rd.

Hollister Ave. (Connecticut Ave. to Orange St.)

Holly St.

Hollywood Ave.*

Holroyd St.

Homestead Ave.

Hooker Rd.

Hope St.

Horace St.

Housatonic Ave.

Houston Ave.*

Howard Ave.

Howard Ct.

Howard Pl.

Hubbell St.

Hughes Ave.

Hunting St.

Huntington Rd.

Huntington Turnpike

Hurd Ave.

Indian Field Rd.

Infield St.*

Iranistan Ave.

Islandbrook Ave.

Ives Ct.

Iwanicki Cir.

Jackson Ave.

James St.

Jefferson St.

Jennifer Dr.

Jennings Ave.

Jetland St.

Jewett Ave.

Jones Ave.

Jourmire Rd.

Julian Dr.

Kensington Pl.

Kent Ave.

Kent St.

Kevin Rd.

King St.

Kingsbury Rd.

Knoll Pl.

Knowlton St.

Kossuth St.

Lafayette Blvd.

Lakeside Dr.

Lakeview Ave.*

Laurel Ave.

Laurel Ct.

Laurel Pl.

Lee Ave.

Lenox Ave.

Lesbia St.

Leslie Rd.*

Lewis St.

Lincoln Ave.

Lincoln Blvd.

Linda Dr.

Linden Ave.

Lindley St. (North Ave. to Summit St.)

Little Deer Rd.

Livingston Pl.

Locust St.

Logan St.

Loretta Pl.

Louisiana Ave.

Lumber St.

Luther St.

Lycett St.

Lynne Pl.

Macon Rd.

Madison Ave. (Old Town Rd. To Capitol Ave.)

Maechele Pl.

Macon Rd.

Madison Ave.

Madison Ter.

Magnolia St.

Main St.

Maple St.

Maplewood Ave.

Marconi Ave.*

Marigold Ave.*

Marilyn Dr.

Markle Ct.

Martha Pl.

Martin Ter.

May St.

McKinley Ave.

Melrose Ave.

Merchant St.

Merritt St.

Middle St.

Midland St.

Miles St.

Mill Hill Ave.

Minnesota Ave.

Minturn Rd.

Monroe St.

Morehouse St.

Morningside Dr.

Morton Ave.

Mountain Grove St.

Nancy Dr.

Nelson Ter.

Newfield Ave.

Noble Ave. (Boston Ave. to Trumbull town line)

Norman St.

North Ave.

Northfield Dr.

Northfield St.

Nutmeg Rd.

Oak St.

Oakdale St.*

Oakleaf St.

Oakview Cir.

Oakwood St.*

Ocean Ave.

Ogden St.

Ohio Ave.

Old Battery Rd.

Old Town Rd.

Olive St.

Oliver St.

Omen St.

Orange St. (Hollister Ave. to Newfield Ave.)

Orchard St.*

Ordnance Ct.

Organ St.

Ortega Ave.

Overland Ave.

Oxbrook Rd.

Oxford St.

Palisade Ave.

Palm St.

Palmer St.

Park Ave. (Old Town Rd. to North Ave.)

Park Dr.

Park St.

Park Ter.

Parkview Pl.*

Pasadena Pl.

Patricia Rd.*

Pavlik Pl.

Pearl St.

Pearsall Ln.

Pearsall Way

Pembroke St.

Pennsylvania Ave.

Pequonnock St. (East Washington Ave. to Park Ave.)

Pershing Rd.*

Perth St.

Pierce Ave.

Pierce Pl.

Pilgrim Pl.

Pilgrim Rd.

Pine St.

Pinepoint Dr.

Plankton St.

Pleateau St.

Platt Pl.

Platt St.

Pleasant St.

Plymouth St.

Polk St.*

Pond St.*

Ponham Rd.

Poplar St.

Porter St.

Prescott St.

Princeton St.

Priscilla Cir.

Priscilla St.

Prospect St.

Pulaski St.

Putnam St.

Queen St.

Quince St.

Radel St.

Raechle St.

Railroad Ave.

Ranch Dr.

Randell Ave.

Read St.

Redoak Rd.

Regency St.*

Rennell St.*

Reservoir Ave.

Ridgebrook Dr.

Ridgevale Pl.

Ridgewood Pl.

Rita Ave.*

Riverview Dr.*

Robin St.

Rockland St.

Rocton Ave.

Rogerson Cir.

Rooster River Blvd.

Rose St.

Rosedale St.

Rosemary Dr.*

Rosewood Pl.

Royce Pl.

Rusling Pl.

Russell Rd.

Ruth St.

Sailors Ln.

Salem St.

Sampson St.

Savoy St.

School St.

Scofield Ave.

Seabright Ave.

Seaside Ave.

Seaver Cir.

Seaview Ave.

Sedgewick St.

Seeley St.

Seltsam Rd.

Seltsam St.

Sequoia Rd.

Serpentine Rd.

Shell St.

Shelton St.

Sherwood Ave.

Sidney St.

Siemon St.

Silliman Ave.

Silver Ln.

Sixth St.

Smith St.

Soundview Ave.

South Ave. (Barnum Dyke to Iranistan Ave.)

Sprague Ln.

Spring St.

Springdale St.

St. Stephens Rd.

Standish St.

State St.

Sterling Pl.

Steuben St.

Stillman St.

Stoehr Pl.

Stone Ridge Rd.

Stratfield Pl.

Stratford Ave.

Success Ave.

Suggets Ln.

Sullivan Pl.

Summitt St.

Sunburst Rd.

Sunnydale Rd.

Sunrise Ter.*

Sylvan Ave.

Sylvan St.

Taft Ave.

Texas Ave.

Third St.

Thorme Pl.

Thorme St.

Thurston St.

Tom Thumb St.

Toni Pl.

Travis Dr.*

Treelane Dr.*

Tremont Ave.

Trojan Dr.

Trowell St.

Truman St.

Trumbull Ave.

Tully Cir.

Union Ave. (Orange St. to Stratford Ave.)

Unquowa Hill St.

Valley Ave.

Valley Cir.

Vernon St.

Victory Ave.*

Village Ln.

Vincelette St.

Vine St.

Voight Ave.*

Wakeman St.

Waldemere Ave.

Wall St.

Wallace St.

Warsaw St.

Washington Ave.

Water St.

Waterman St.

Waterview Ave.

Waverly Pl.

Wayne St.

Webster St.

Wedgewood Pl.

Wells St.

West Ave.

West Jackson Ave.

West Morgan Ave.

West Parkway

Westfield Ave. (Park Ave. to Madison Ave.)

Westmore Rd.

Wheeler Ave.

White St.

Wickliffe Cir.

Wilcox St.*

Wilkins Ave.*

Williams St.

Williamsburg Dr.

Williston St.

Willow St.

Wilmot Ave.

Wilmot Pl.

Wilson St.

Wood Ave.

Woodbine Cir.

Woodland Ave.

Woodmere Rd.

Woodmont Ave.*

Woodside Ave.

Wordin Ave.

Worth St.

Yacht St.

Yale St.

Yaremich Dr.

York St.

Freezing rain advisory issued

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Just what we don’t need: a freezing rain advisory from 3 to 9 a.m. Monday.

The National Weather Service has posted the advisory for both Fairfield and New Haven Counties.

Freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow and sleet could make travel hazardous late tonight and through Monday morning.

Untreated roads will become slick and icy, but should improve late Monday morning as temperatures rise and the mix changes to rain.

In Litchfield County, a winter weather advisory has been issued from 4 a.m. to noon.

The NWS says a combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain is likely there. Snowfall will be less than an inch.

State workers get another ‘snow day’ Monday

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“Non-essential” state employees are getting another snow day off Monday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy,

Malloy is asking all nonessential state employees to stay home on Monday as the clean up effort continues.

However, evening and midnight shift employees should report to work as normal on Monday.

“Getting streets clear and making them safer for everyone is a priority, so I am asking nonessential state employees to stay home tomorrow,” said  Malloy. “I understand that everyone wants to get back to normal as quickly as possible. Crews are working around the clock to accomplish that goal. But the last thing we need at this point is a typical morning rush hour commute. Traffic build-up will only delay the effort to clear our roads.”

The “non-essential employees” were also given Friday off because of the impending blizzard.

Malloy urges carpooling Monday

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From Gov. Dannel Malloy:

Due to road conditions and limited parking availability, residents should begin making plans to carpool to work Monday morning, particularly with state employees.

Other  requests from the governor:

Clean snow off the roofs of buildings, especially if they are flat tops. Also, make sure drainage areas are clear. With precipitation predicted for Monday, this is an especially important issue to address today.

Truckers are urged to delay travel until the evening hours, if at all possible, so that crews can continue road clearance efforts.

Calling 2-1-1 should be used to find locations of shelters and warming stations only. 2-1-1 does not have information on when streets will be plowed. Please do not call 2-1-1 for plowing information.

Residents should please remember that our state and city public works personnel are working very hard to get our roads clear. This was a historic storm, and the recovery effort is going to take some time

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