Flood damage in Vt. threatens ?leaf-peeping? season; some inns are closed, festivals canceled

MONTPELIER, Vt. ? The flood damage in New England is all but certain to hurt Vermont?s vital leaf-peeping season, when thousands of tourists come to see the autumn colors, pick apples, visit craft fairs and, at the end of the day, go to sleep under a down comforter at a historic inn.

Some inns have closed because of damage to roads or rooms from the rainy remnants of Hurricane Irene. A few harvest festivals scheduled for mid-September, when the leaves begin to turn, have been called off.

And resorts are receiving cancellations from would-be guests who are afraid ? rightly or wrongly ? that yuh can?t there from heah, as they say in New England.

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