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title: Falls Village, Connecticute USA
date: 2012-05-07T18:57:16Z
modified: 2012-05-07T18:57:16Z
permalink: "https://350.org/falls-village-connecticute-usa/"
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status: publish
excerpt: Our New York City synagogue was at a Jewish farm and retreat center where much of the summer crop was lost in Hurricane Irene. Two months later, the center lost electricity for 8 days as a result of a freak October snowstorm.
wpid: 29519
author: Bill McKibben
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Our New York City synagogue was at a Jewish farm and retreat center where much of the summer crop was lost in Hurricane Irene. Two months later, the center lost electricity for 8 days as a result of a freak October snowstorm.