Trees, the ridge and the airport corridor in East Granby
The Metacomet ridge runs along East Granby's east side and Bradley Airport's open ground lies to the south, so the town gets wind from the ridge and from the flats while its own lots stay shaded. That combination is hard on roofs: branches and needles pack valleys and gutters, north slopes never dry and grow moss, and then a front comes through and lifts tabs on the one exposed slope. Winters are cold enough for ice at the eaves on most of the 1960s and 1970s houses, and heavy wet snow bends gutters loaded with leaves.

