BERLIN, CT – 5.21.2013 – MARTEKA HIKE BERLIN – This shed-like structure is neither an outhouse nor a cabin. Its original purpose is shrouded in a bit of mystery, I suppose. There are three miles and 175 acres within the Hatchery Brook Conservation Area in Berlin. The former (and largely abandoned) Girl Scouts Camp Meribrite is located along the preserve’s blue trail. PATRICK RAYCRAFT | praycraft@courant.com
5/20/2013 — A man and two children walk through debris after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Richard Rowe
5/20/2013 — Rescue workers help free one of the 15 people that were trapped at a medical building at the Moore hospital complex after a tornado tore through the area of Moore, Oklahoma May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
5/20/2013 — A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern)
5/20/2013 — Abby Madi (L) and Peterson Zatterlee comforts Zaterlee’s dog Rippy, after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, May 20, 2013. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
5/20/2013 — Rescuers recover a horse from the remains of a day care center and destroyed barns, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Moore, Okla.(The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney)
5/20/2013 — Children look at destroyed homes in the aftermath of a huge tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, Monday, May 20, 2013. Tuesday. (Gene Blevins/Zuma Press/MCT)
5/20/2013 — A kitten is rescued from the tornado wreckage in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Monday, May 20, 2013. (Marcus DiPaola/Xinhua via Zuma Press/MCT)
2013.05.20 – Clinton, CT – (L-R) Wood carver Kris Connors and Mack Goller, a student at The Williams School working on his senior project, carve a White Pine tree trunk into a Black Bear. Connor says he will use chainsaws for 90% of the carving and the rest he will finish with power tools. “My approach,” says the former high school art teacher, “is half math and half intuition.” After 25-hours of carving, Connor estimates the 1500-pound trunk is about halfway on its way to becoming a 1200-pound bear. Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com
2013.05.20 – Stamford, CT – Early-bird commuters wait in Monday morning’s cool mist at the Stamford station for a train to Grand Central. Many commuters were bussed in from Bridgeport to bypass the site of Friday’s Metro-North train derailment and collision on the Bridgeport/Fairfield line. But the expected Monday morning chaos was minimal as many commuters apparently either telecommuted or found other transportation to the city.
