Last week New England was hit with sub zero wind chills and over a foot of snow. This storm was called the ¨bomb cyclone¨.

       ¨My sister and I walked out onto the beach and the wind and waves were incredible, I could not hear anything,” said senior Ben Hall, a resident of Plum Island in Newbury.

        The storm brought over a foot of snow and caused coastal flooding throughout the district. Extreme cold and sub zero wind chill brought black ice to the roads in the days after.

Newbury´s Plum Island, and beach/riverfront Salisbury faced coastal flooding causing closed roads and evacuations.

¨No one could get on or off Plum Island, it was one of the worst floods in years,” added Hall. ¨The houses on the basin side of the island had to evacuate, but only to the other side of the island, they could not leave.¨

Many lost power, which is dangerous with the extreme cold. ¨My grandparents live on the beach and lost power, they were also affected by the flooding,¨ said senior Mackenzie Tatro. ¨

Due to this storm, Triton and many other schools in the area closed last Thursday and Friday. Triton now faces four days to make up with the wind storm back in October. ¨I do not mind missing school because I am a senior and do not have to make them up,¨ said Grace Tanch.

Everything from academics to sports were affected. ¨Practice was canceled so that was bittersweet, it was good to have days off but we need to stay in shape,” said senior Sydney Accamando.

Senior Mitchell Wolpert said, ¨I think that the two days off were necessary, it is important to make sure everyone is safe.¨