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Nor'easter

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 11:57 am
Downed power lines on Arsenal Street in Watertown

Dmitry snapped the carnage along Arsenal Street, reports more poles could topple.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 10:59 am
Flooded Causeway Street in Boston

That only looks like a squid swimming up the street - we think. See it larger.

David reports Causeway Street is now closed between North Washington Street and North Station due to flooding.

And as high tide rolls in, the wharves along Boston Harbor in the North End have surrendered to the sea. Chad Jackson shows us the Sargent's Wharf parking lot: Read more.

By adamg - 3/2/18 - 8:24 am
Oak tree falls on SUV in Malden

By 7 a.m., Snoe reports, several trees had fallen in the area of the Oak Grove Orange Line station, including one that came down on an SUV. Read more.

By adamg - 3/1/18 - 10:52 pm
Storm at 7 p.m.

The impending nor'easter. Source.

Jim Cantore reports he'll be nor'easter reporting from Scituate starting at 6 a.m. tomorrow.

By adamg - 3/1/18 - 10:34 pm
Rose Kennedy Greenway night before the storm

Atlantic Avenue and the Greenway were still above water tonight, S&S Conulting reports. Tomorrow, though? TrueNE_79 shows us the Aquafence at Atlantic Wharf on Congress Street at Fort Point Channel is ready for potentially record-breaking high tides: Read more.

By adamg - 3/1/18 - 3:08 pm

Scott Eisen asls:

Anyone know where I can buy a inflatable kayak today, locally, near Boston? And I don’t mean the $600+ ones at REI… lol

Eisen, a photographer, updated his query to specify it has to be inflatable so he can fit it in his car, after Ocean State Job Lot responded they have the non-squishable kind.

By adamg - 3/1/18 - 1:26 pm
Sandbags at Aquarium Blue Line stop

The T is already bracing at Aquarium, which flooded in January. Photo by Jocelyn.

With evacuation requests already issued north and south of the city, the National Weather Service is warning that Boston Harbor could see its highest recorded tides ever Friday or Saturday: Read more.

By adamg - 2/28/18 - 11:27 pm
Impending storm

That big gray curve in this photo taken around 8 p.m. will form into a nor'easter out over the Atlantic and pound us starting Thursday night.

GOES image via Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere.

By adamg - 2/28/18 - 11:48 am
Orange French-Toast alert

Channel 4's Eric Fisher looked at the latest data and maps this morning and concluded there's no good news about the storm, which could last Thursday night into Saturday:

Read more.

By adamg - 1/5/18 - 1:28 pm
Flooded car in Chelsea

Chelsea firefighter Jonathan Morel was photographed yesterday about to rescue a motorist on Eastern Avenue who'd gotten trapped by a slushy flood from the nearby Chelsea Creek. About a dozen city blocks turned into slush rivers at the height of the storm and firefighters rescued several dozen people from their cars.

Ed. note: Nothing's on fire in the background; those are lights at a parking lot.

By adamg - 1/5/18 - 9:37 am
Neponset Circle rescue

The Boston Fire Department posted this photo of firefighters rescuing a man from his car, trapped by floodwaters in Neponset Circle in Dorchester as the tide came in early yesterday afternoon (another photo).

By adamg - 1/5/18 - 9:22 am
Crossing a street in the Back Bay in the snow

Matt Thomas went for a walk around the Back Bay last night. Read more.

By adamg - 1/5/18 - 8:54 am

The mayor's office announced the ban on parking on snow-emergency routes ends at 5 p.m. And with the 48-hour space-saver rule, that means you can use your cones, chairs and broken Ikea shelving to save your shoveled-out street parking space until 5 p.m. on Sunday.

By adamg - 1/4/18 - 11:30 pm
By adamg - 1/4/18 - 8:32 pm

Hull parking lot at high tide during 1/4/18 storm.

At high tide today, Neil looked out at his condo parking lot off Nantasket Avenue in Hull.

By adamg - 1/4/18 - 3:44 pm
Evacuation in Winthrop

Nicholas Agri watched Morton Street in Winthrop turn into a river at high tide this afternoon. Later, the town sent in some heavy machinery to evacuate residents. Read more.

By adamg - 1/4/18 - 3:20 pm

The National Weather Service was not quite as enamored: Read more.

By adamg - 1/4/18 - 1:01 pm
Seaport Boulevard flooded in South Boston

Miss Lippy reports Seaport Boulevard and Northern Avenue along the South Boston Waterfront have flooded and are getting worse. Video.

The parking lot behind the Chart House on Long Wharf has flooded - along with the cars parked in it - Carty Castaldi reports: Read more.

By adamg - 1/4/18 - 11:22 am
French Toast with peaches

Maria Montegue didn't stint on her French Toast this morning.

Also chowing down: Read more.

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