Connecticut Green Living

Amy Sedaris has said that after her mom died, she separated friends into those who understood and those who did not. “When my mom died, I divided people up: ‘Oh, both of your parents are alive? You go stand on that side of the street.’ Because you don’t know what it’s like ‘till you lose a parent. It just changes everything." She has also lost her father to Alzheimer's and shared her mutual grief with brother David on a recent episode of Anderson Cooper's "All there is" podcast. The transformation in our lives following such deep loss usurps our other relationships. I know it did, it has, for me. Even though I started off sound -- completing my thesis and master's with merit at King's College London when Mom passed in August 2018 -- I would soon realize I had few real friends. It also drove a wedge between me and family members it turns out I was not especially close to to begin with, while introducing me to cousins who knew grief and knew my pain and wa...

In a new report on natural disaster risk Connecticut ranks as the third most-appealing state to move to if one wants to stay safe. This report by Texas -based personal injury lawyers DJC Law does not factor for earthquakes. Wildfire data for 2010-2022, tornado data for 2008-2023 and flood data for 2010-2025 (presumably through mid-January) was collected. Rhode Island is the least vulnerable state to natural disasters, having experienced no flooding between 2010 and 2025 the study shows. Connecticut, though, fares very well too, as we have had proportionately few wildfires, floods and tornadoes over the same period. The Ocean State boasts a very low likelihood of natural disasters occurring in the future, at just 0.11%. The state reported no cases of flooding between 2010 and 2025. Over a 16-year period, only seven tornadoes were recorded, resulting in a minimal probability of 0.03% for tornadoes in the coming years. Connecticut , the report states, had only two tornadoes during that ...