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Nor'easter

By adamg - 3/4/18 - 10:39 pm

The MBTA is cautioning that coastal commuter-rail lines - Greenbush, Newburyport/Rockport, and Kingston/Plymouth - count on needing extra time to get to work tomorrow as after-effects of the nor'easter continue. Read more.

By adamg - 3/4/18 - 5:21 pm
Climate change protesters

Adam Castiglioni watched members of the Boston Climate Action Network hold a rally to demand Boston do more about rising seas outside the Aquarium T stop, a couple days after the T sandbagged the entrance and closed the station because of the once-in-a-generation flooding that has now happened twice in two months.

Meanwhile, over at the Aquarium itself: Read more.

By adamg - 3/4/18 - 1:25 pm

Mike V. watched a crew today tear down the 306 West 3 St. building that started shaking so much at the height of the storm Friday that BFD ordered the evacuation of its neighboring houses just in case it collapsed altogether. Read more.

By adamg - 3/3/18 - 5:13 pm
Woman shoots waves on Lynn Shore Drive

Rick Macomber watched the waves slam into the Lynn seawall - and a person who'd moved in for a closer view today. He reports the road was shut for awhile because of all the water.

By adamg - 3/3/18 - 4:54 pm
Swan in Dorchester

Kelly Lewis reports at least one swan found a flooded Morrissey Boulevard to its liking today.

By adamg - 3/3/18 - 2:58 pm
Flooding at Castle Island

Tyrantill was out at Castle Island as the 12:05 p.m. high tide rolled in - making the cupola on the Sugar Bowl unreachable for anybody without a kayak. The tide also came rushing in further along the South Boston shore: Read more.

By adamg - 3/3/18 - 11:52 am
Damaged street in Malden

Gordon Hallett looked down Concord Street in Malden this morning.

By adamg - 3/3/18 - 11:46 am
Braintree school has roof blown off

Jim Corbo reports the wind sheared off the roof of the Ross Elementary School in East Braintree:

Classes to be held in Oz until further notice.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 10:10 pm
Crushed car

Brookline Police report:

Thankfully the family got out if their car 20 seconds before the tree crushed the rear passenger compartment.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 7:48 pm
Wobbly building

UPDATE: House is torn down.

A three-story building under renovation at 306 West 3 St. forced the evacuation of two neighboring buildings this evening when it began "showing movement" in high winds, the Boston Fire Department reports. Read more.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 6:37 pm
Storm at 3 p.m.

The storm as seen from space at 3 p.m. Via RAMMB/CIRA.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 5:03 pm

Rhiannon D'Angelo watched the rising tide batter the condos at the end of Union Wharf in the North End around 11 a.m.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 3:35 pm

The Fort Pointer forwards Dave Everett's video from Farnsworth Street at high tide today.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 1:50 pm

Boston Harbor tides hit a peak of 14.67 ft at 11:12 a.m., per NWS data, so no record breaker, but we've 2 more high tides to try to go over the 15.13 ft record set on Jan. 4. But the latest NWS forecasts now call for a high of no more than 14.9 feet, at midnight tonight.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 1:07 pm
Man kayaking down Lewis Street in East Boston

Steve Holt watched one of his neighbors kayak down Lewis Street in East Boston at high tide today.

Also in East Boston: Read more.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 1:00 pm

Meghan MacLean Weir reports:

Someone who works in Seaport just sent office email asking for Dramamine as building swaying in the wind.

Pics or it didn't happen? Don Anderson posted some video of the swaying door to his office at the Federal Reserve Bank. We don't know which floor he's on, but he's the bank's CIO, so we're going to assume it's pretty high up.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 12:24 pm
Waves in Essex

Neuroboy watched the waves streaming across what is normally Main Street in Essex in front of Woodman's.

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