To see the future more clearly, find your blind spots
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After being bombarded with disruption in 2020, executives can better prepare for the next crisis by considering new perspectives.
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It was the year we saw it all. And 2020 was also the year we didn’t see it all coming. Wildfires. Floods. So many storms in the Atlantic that meteorologists had to resort to the Greek alphabet to name them. Global protests over racial and economic inequality. And, of course, the pandemic.
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WESTFORD Terry Eliasen found himself literally in the eye of the storm Hurricane Gloria when he discovered his love of weather while growing up in Westford.
Eliasen, meteorologist and executive weather producer at WBZ Channel 4, also volunteers, managing a daily forecast page for westford.org.
Eliasen recently shared his thoughts about his passion for meteorology and the unique role of predicting weather in New England.
When did you become interested in weather?
Way back, in 1985, I was 10 years old, and Hurricane Gloria came right up over New England. The eye came right up over our house in Westford.
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Snow began falling across Massachusetts by 11 p.m., and by the time it is to end midday Thursday, most parts of the state will get 8 to 14 inches, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Boston, as reported by Arlington Patch, a YourArlington partner.
In-person learning was canceled at Arlington s Catholic schools and at Minuteman. The Arlington Public School website had no announcement, but Channel 5 listed the morning as remote learning.
Snow was predicted to be light and fluffy in most parts of the state, but it could be heavier and wetter in southeastern Massachusetts and on Cape Cod, where there is expected to be lower snowfall totals than the rest of the state, with rain mixing in with the snow early Thursday. Wind gusts of up to 40 mph mean several parts of Massachusetts could see blizzard conditions.