Greenhouse effect?: Harsh winter collapses 300 greenhouses in Connecticut

The New Britain Herald

The harsh winter of 2012-13 will have a lingering financial impact on Connecticut farmers.
Many Connecticut farms incurred extensive damage to greenhouses and other structures this winter.
“According to our last reports, 300 greenhouses went down on 51 farms this winter,” said Bob Heffernan, executive director of the Connecticut Greenhouse Growers Association. “We estimate between $12 and $20 million of damages to structures, most of which aren’t insured. We really don’t know yet about the damage inside to equipment and plants.”...“The blizzard made the roof of our hoop house collapse,” said Kandefer.
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“We did everything we could to prevent it,’’ said Karabin. “We opened our greenhouse curtains early in the morning to keep the snow melting on the roofs. Many of the greenhouses that went down weren’t properly heated, but there were some who did everything we did and still got damages.’’