Dmitry snapped the carnage along Arsenal Street, reports more poles could topple.
Nor'easter
Finn shows us the rising floodwaters on Atlantic Avenue at Long Wharf., around 11:30 a.m. Read more.
Jim Cantore reports he'll be nor'easter reporting from Scituate starting at 6 a.m. tomorrow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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).
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.
At high tide today, Neil looked out at his condo parking lot off Nantasket Avenue in Hull.
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.
— Bill Sheerin (@AssignGuy) January 4, 2018
The National Weather Service was not quite as enamored: Read more.
Maria Montegue didn't stint on her French Toast this morning.
Also chowing down: Read more.