New Englanders dug out from under more than 2 feet of snow and children in hundreds of communities enjoyed a second day off from school Thursday as power companies worked to restore energy to homes and businesses darkened by the region's third snowstorm in three weeks.
The winter storm that crippled the South earlier this week joined forces with a system from the Midwest as it moved over the Northeast on Wednesday. The storms announced their arrival in New England with claps of thunder and record amounts of snowfall in some cities. Observers in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts reported as much as 3 feet of snow.
Just what, and where, is "New England"?
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of (from North to South, east to west):
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New England is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada, and the State of New York.
And the Berkshires?
The Berkshires, located in the western parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut, is both a specific highland geologic region and a broader associated cultural region. The region is also referred to as the Berkshire Hills, Berkshire Mountains, and, with regard to its physiography, Berkshire Plateau. Tourism is a principal industry, relying heavily on cultural art attractions and recreation.
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