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Boston Blizzard Aftermath: Power Line Debate, Beez Triumph Over Blue Jackets · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Friday, February 27th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 94 years ago, today, in 1932. James
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  Chadwick discovered the neutron, identifying
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  a neutral particle in atomic nuclei after experiments
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  with beryllium and radiation. changing how scientists
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  understood atomic structure. This breakthrough
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  established a foundation for nuclear physics
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  and enabled advances in atomic theory, nuclear
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  reactors, and medical isotopes, marking a major
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  scientific milestone. So now you know. And now,
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  it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's sunny and it feels like 13 degrees with
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  four mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 531 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 617. It looks like we're in for a sunny Friday
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  with a high near 39 and a light west wind at
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  five miles per hour. Tonight, expect mostly clear
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  skies with a low around 28 and light winds. The
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  nearshore gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads 34 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Saturday will be mostly sunny with a
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  high near 45 and light southwest winds. Snow
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  becomes likely Sunday with a high near 35 and
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  northwest winds, with a cold low near 12 Sunday
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  night before a milder Tuesday near 36. and a
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  chance of snow overnight into Tuesday. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts. This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news, in the aftermath of a historic blizzard
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  that left more than 300 ,000 Massachusetts homes
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  and businesses without electricity, Many are
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  questioning why more power lines are not buried
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  underground. According to Christopher Nittle,
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  a professor of applied economics at the Massachusetts
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  Institute of Technology, underground power lines
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  can indeed enhance system resilience. However,
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  he notes that the process is significantly more
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  expensive, requiring utilities to dig trenches,
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  purchase specialized insulated wires, and potentially
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  remove trees or large rocks. While undergrounding
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  can cost 2 to 10 times more for distribution
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  lines, there are scenarios where this investment
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  might be justified. Now onto sports. Kavin Sullivan
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  made history with a remarkable performance. helping
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  the Philadelphia Union soar past Trinidad and
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  Tobago Defense Force Football Club and into the
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  round of 16 of the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup
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  on February 26, 2026. The 16 -year -old midfielder
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  scored his first two senior team goals and provided
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  two assists in the round one finale, which ended
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  in a 7 -0 victory. With his first goal, Sullivan
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  became the youngest American goal scorer in CONCACAF
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  Champions Cup history. He now awaits a significant
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  round of 16 matchup with Club America in mid
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  -March after they won their series against Club
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  Olympia in local sports. The Bruins celebrated
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  a strong return from the Olympic break, defeating
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  the Columbus Blue Jackets 4 -2 on Thursday night.
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  Victor Arvidsson led the charge with two goals,
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  while Morgan Gicke and Sean Curily also found
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  the net. Curily extended the lead in the third
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  period, but Columbus closed the gap with a goal
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  from Adam Fantilli. With two minutes remaining,
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  the Blue Jackets pulled their goalie, allowing
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  Arvidsson to seal it with an empty netter. The
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  game also featured a tribute to the team's Olympic
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  representatives, earning a warm reception from
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  the fans. Tonight, the 38 and 20 Celtics take
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  on the 15 and 43 Nets in Boston. Tip -off is
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  at 7. In top news, mortgage rates have fallen
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  below 6 % this week for the first time in more
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  than three years, a welcome change for house
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  hunters entering the busy spring home buying
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  season. The average rate for a 30 -year fixed
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  mortgage was 5 .98%. the lowest since September
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  of 2022, according to Freddie Mac. This drop
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  is expected to attract more buyers and increase
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  refinance applications. However, existing home
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  sales fell 8 .4 % in January, and buyers face
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  high home prices and economic uncertainties.
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  Despite this, the lower rates may empower more
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  negotiations for buyers. In business news, Home
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  Depot, one of the largest United States home
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  improvement retailers, continues to face challenges
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  as shoppers shift their discretionary spending
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  habits in stores. The retailer's chief executive
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  officer has raised alarm bells about how shifting
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  consumer sentiment and market pressures could
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  impact the company's future performance in sales.
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  In the fourth quarter of 2025, Home Depot's United
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  States comparable sales increased by a minor
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  zero point. 3 % year over year. Amid weaker consumer
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  demand, the retailer's operating income dropped
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  by 14 .4%. Home Depot executives have pinpointed
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  the cause of weak demand in stores. The current
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  mortgage rate environment has impacted housing
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  affordability. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is
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  up 3 % for the week to just over $67 ,000. Ethereum
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  is up 8 % to $2 ,000. And XRP is up 4 % to $1
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  .40. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
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  free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them Sunny Morning sent you by. And now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk tech. In 2026, the
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  global restaurant automation market is projected
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  to reach $28 billion. Miso Robotics, known for
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  its robot Fry Cooks, has developed Flippy, an
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  artificial intelligence -powered robot arm that
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  effectively flips burgers and has expanded to
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  fry stations at major baseball parks. Miso's
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  CDO, Rich Hull, emphasized that Flippy operates
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  twice as fast. and never takes breaks. Despite
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  challenges and declining revenues, MISO continues
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  to innovate and recently acquired Zignal to enhance
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  restaurant operations. However, experts caution
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  that automation has yet to prove its economic
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  value, with many still preferring human workers
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  over machines. And in entertainment news, in
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  streaming ratings, Bridgerton returns higher
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  with its fourth season debut. Prime Video's fallout
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  also had its best week of the second season so
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  far. A 19 -month wait between seasons of Bridgerton
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  did little to diminish the ardor for the Netflix
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  series. Season 4 premiered at number one overall
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  on the Nielsen streaming charts from January
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  26 to February 1, scoring 3 billion and 30 million
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  minutes of viewing for the week. This is 10 %
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  higher than the opening week of Season 3 in May
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  2024. Stranger Things held second place with
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  1 ,300 ,000 ,000 minutes of watch time. Well,
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  all righty, folks. It's time for the quote of
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  the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  British physicist and Nobel laureate, Ernest
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  Rutherford. And he said, All science is either
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  physics or stamp collecting, emphasizing the
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  importance of fundamental discoveries like the
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  neutron, which transform our understanding of
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  the universe. And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  You can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and
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  TikTok for some captivating aerial videos with
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  local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.