I want to tell you what my reaction to this book is because i have had the opportunity to read it already. It is one of three books in the last 20 years i read cover to cover in one sitting. I dont read quickly. The reason i read it cover to cover in one sitting is it is extremely well written. It is graceful prose of an oldfashioned sort. And second, it is wonderfully , when i was taught in graduate school to refer to as a revisionist work in history. All good works of history if they are good are revisionist in some way, but he is telling us a new story about the coming of the revolution in massachusetts. A story you might have thought was already told to death. Of twook is a reflection things. One, really good oldfashioned history writing of a kind we dont see as much as we used to. And the second thing is, it is indicative of the emergence of what i think is a new sort of history writing or a new kind of history research. In ways itossible was not possible 20 years ago to andarch t
Either way we hit 90 degrees in boston yesterday. That was the 22nd time weve done it for the year so far. It is going to be much cooler today. There we go. Temperaturewise out the door, 40s and 50s. 58 in boston right now. 45 in keen. 53 in manchester. 54 in laurens. Dew points are in the 40s. So the air is much drier, much more comfortable. Kind of that crisp feel out the door this morning. Thats going to be the case the next couple of days. Satellite and radar quiet at home. There are a couple lowlevel clouds over cape cod. Were in for a good amount of sunshine. Out of the 50s we rise, sunrise at 6 25. Feel of fall today. Look at that, 67 by midday. Well probably hang in the upper 60s at the coast with an onshore breeze topping out right at 70 through the interior, sunset at 6 53. I am tracking another warmup. Well talk about that coming up. Lets get you on the roads. Danielle, it looks great. This is the eastbound lanes of the pike from our cameras in it is back to normal today. No
Sean good morning. Im sean mcdonald. The moon is simply gorgeous. Didnt even put headlights on this morning. It is a nice night. Kevin the window would be closed. It is chilly this morning. We have started off with temperatures in the mid 30s in the North Country with patchy frost. Even a few western spots the potential there with temperatures in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. Were at 43 in the monadnock region. You notice the clear skies. Thick fog has formed in were as cold as 35 in whitefield and as warm as hah 49 in manchester. Highs today in the low to mid 70s. Well talk about when the next system arrives coming up. Lets look at your friday morning ride here in the Granite State. Were joined live by deb davidson. Happy friday, deb. Deb happy friday. We have fog slowing things down as you make your way from tilton to foggy at the 293 split. 293 is foggy from the hooksett area. Then the fog lifts and it is all right. 101 is okay from bedford to hampton. All major roads are up to
Temperatures are not bad for this time of year. On the day planner, today, a cloudy day. We could see showers to the north this morning. By noon, a little bit cooler. We are still above average for the daytime highs. We will cooler weather on the way. This is a special state. In South Carolina, donald trump earned his second big win. It is tough and it is nasty and it is mean. It is beautiful. When you win. A battle between donald trump at marco rubio. We will win the nomination. South carolina has given us another remarkable results. Jeb bush bowed out of the rate of the race. The people have spoken and i respect their decision. So tonight, i am suspending their campaign. Hanging on for now, ben carson. And john kasich, he campaigned. For all of the people watching, fasten your seatbelts. In nevada, look was a lady named Hillary Clinton. Some may have doubted us but we never doubted each other. The wind is that our backs and we have the momentum. Republicans are caucusing in democrats
Shiri spear in the Stormtracker Weather Center and high wind will return later today. Shiri they are. We have gusty conditions for the afternoon and time being we are in decent shape. Notice that we have a couple spot showers going up 93 and 95 right now, but outer cape where we have most of the showers. Most of the rain is really pulling away from us. I want to point out it is incredibly warm, temperatures close to 60 , as far as gusts go i have drizzle in boston with 33 Miles Per Hour gusts, but the gusts have lightened so much. They were gusting 60, 70, 80 Miles Per Hour this morning with the stronger storms pulling through. Plymouth 24 Miles Per Hour gusts, chatham 33 Miles Per Hour gusts, and you could see the band of rain covering the outer cape down to nantucket right now as we look into central massachusetts, dry, cloudy and the gusts have really come to an end. We had a couple last hour in worcester, but so far so good and things start to quiet town. By 8 00 a. M. , i wouldnt