User:Chrisspittle

My name is Chris Spittle and I am a lifelong resident of Cape Ann, a coastal area 35 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts in Essex County. Cape Ann is comprised of the city of Gloucester and the towns of Rockport, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Essex.

I attended the Rockport Public School system. I have been an avid weather watcher since a small child. Due to its proximity on the North Atlantic Ocean, Cape Ann recieves its share of unique, interesting and occasionally volatile weather. Most notable are Hurricanes Irene, Carol and Bob, the Blizzard's of '69 and '78, the Perfect Storm in 1991 and many nor-easters and other coastal anomalies.

Hobbys include anything historical to do with the Cape Ann area, photography, web page creation, weather observation and reporting to the National Weather Service and to the local community through Facebook and Twitter, both as Cape Ann Weather.

Cape Ann Weather was created in 1999 after I became proficient in HTML and website creation. It has steadily grown in popularity and has doubled web traffic each year since 2006.