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Beat the Winter Blues in the BVIs

By Larry MacDonald

In early February 2019, a polar vortex rolled across a wide swath of Canada and the northern U.S., bringing record-shattering low temperatures; sleet and snow; and high winds that toppled trees and power lines, creating power outages and traffic snarls.

To borrow a line from Monty Python: “And now for something completely different.”

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