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The Longwood stop on the D trolley line. A lot of people walk along the Muddy River to get to this stop. Today they had some obstacles.
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The Longwood stop on the D trolley line. A lot of people walk along the Muddy River to get to this stop. Today they had some obstacles.
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Noticing the year, end of March 2010.
Mar. 30th, 2010 06:17 pmMarch: "in like extreme flood conditions, out like extreme flood conditions." Not too catchy.
The last I heard we've had 13 inches of rain this month, and it's expected to continue through tomorrow. It's already officially the rainiest March on record, and as I said on the other social media, it's more rain than 1/3 of Portland Oregon's annual average. Apparently Rhode Island has it the worst, and if you look at a map of it you'll see why: it's mostly water! A coworker who lives in the "almost Rhode Island" part of Massachusetts got a robocall from her kids school saying that afterschool programs were canceled on account of the school washing out to sea. Well, no, it didn't say why, but it was surely something like that.
The Muddy is flooded, but not as much as last time. In fact I can see that it's down a bit from an hour ago. Still, the news reports that if it goes up another foot they'll have to dam the nearby subway tunnel to keep the first underground stop from flooding. Kenmore station flooded a decade or so ago, causing big trouble for commuters and presumably the people who work on the subway.
My favorite thing to follow on twitter is TweetsofOld, which is old newpaper headlines turned into tweets. Today seemed appropriate for the weather, and my journal: "Charles Harris, of Lewes, suffered a painful laceration of the tongue when he tried to mesmerize a snapping turtle. (Delaware, 1908)" That silly Charles Harris! Stick to mesmerizing chickens you dang fool, snappers are dangerous!
The last I heard we've had 13 inches of rain this month, and it's expected to continue through tomorrow. It's already officially the rainiest March on record, and as I said on the other social media, it's more rain than 1/3 of Portland Oregon's annual average. Apparently Rhode Island has it the worst, and if you look at a map of it you'll see why: it's mostly water! A coworker who lives in the "almost Rhode Island" part of Massachusetts got a robocall from her kids school saying that afterschool programs were canceled on account of the school washing out to sea. Well, no, it didn't say why, but it was surely something like that.
The Muddy is flooded, but not as much as last time. In fact I can see that it's down a bit from an hour ago. Still, the news reports that if it goes up another foot they'll have to dam the nearby subway tunnel to keep the first underground stop from flooding. Kenmore station flooded a decade or so ago, causing big trouble for commuters and presumably the people who work on the subway.
My favorite thing to follow on twitter is TweetsofOld, which is old newpaper headlines turned into tweets. Today seemed appropriate for the weather, and my journal: "Charles Harris, of Lewes, suffered a painful laceration of the tongue when he tried to mesmerize a snapping turtle. (Delaware, 1908)" That silly Charles Harris! Stick to mesmerizing chickens you dang fool, snappers are dangerous!
Sidewalk art
Mar. 20th, 2010 09:03 am
My neighbors drew this wonderful art on the sidewalk on our block. It's one of my favorite stories from the Old Testament, I guess because it involves animals. The short of it is that the Creator feels the need to start fresh, and gets one human and his family to round up representatives of all the animals onto a giant boat. Then the Creator kills his creation with a massive storm and flood that lasts more than a month. The 40 days and 40 nights on the floating zoo must have been a terrible ordeal. The Creator thought ahead to order Noah to bring more of the animals that were considered clean for eating--have to feed those big cats something!
When it was all over, the Creator produces a gorgeous multicolored band of light across the sky--a rainbow--and declares that it is his sign that the deluge is over, and that it will appear again when ever it rains, as a symbol of the agreement not to destroy the world again.
(Probably this story came up because of all the flooding that happened last week!)
Urban Nature Pictures 3/15
Mar. 15th, 2010 08:13 pm
The rain won't stop so the Muddy is still floody.
Also there are new lakes all around the city, in parking lots and yards, and here in an athletic field in Franklin Park, many of them populated with waterfowl.
Urban Nature Pictures 3/14
Mar. 14th, 2010 01:18 pm
The Muddy River, about 2 feet below official flood stage. It's risen a bit since this was taken, so I bet it's official now. It gets this high fairly often, though I never photographed it quite this high during the muddy river project.
PSA: Like Weather? Get a Dog.
Jul. 24th, 2008 06:35 amUnusual weather, even for New England. Right at the time that we normally walk the dogs (6:00 a.m.) there was a thunderstorm complete with heavy downpours. The dogs weren't having any of it, but we gave it the old college try (in two separate installments) and Alexis had to walk the 3/4 of a mile to where she parks her car anyway, so we're soaked. At least it's not cold!
Charlie told me that since the river is flooding, perhaps I'd let him swim in it. Poor guy, I wish we could spend a week doing whatever he wanted. Swimming and sleep mostly. Beats work any day.
Hopefully the dogs got done what they needed to, cause that's their only chance until lunch.
Charlie told me that since the river is flooding, perhaps I'd let him swim in it. Poor guy, I wish we could spend a week doing whatever he wanted. Swimming and sleep mostly. Beats work any day.
Hopefully the dogs got done what they needed to, cause that's their only chance until lunch.
Noticing the Year 03/08-09/08
Mar. 9th, 2008 09:56 amFreakish weather we're having. But it's pretty typical of March, I suppose.
For whatever reason (I haven't been paying attention to detailed forecasts) the blizzards that dumped on Ohio didn't do the same here. We had steady soaking drizzle all day yesterday, culminating in evening downpours. It was cold and nasty to be outside. 5 degrees colder and it would have been ice and snow. Then, when we took the dogs out around 8:00, the rain had more or less stopped, and the air felt warm around us. It was probably in the low 50's, but since it had felt so cold when the sun was out, it felt downright tropical.
We took the dogs across the street to a relatively protected piece of park: we call it "The Island" because it's bordered by the Muddy river on one side and a swampy area on the other; When it floods, the swampy side turns into another river. So we let Jim off leash, and then Charlie, and they ran around and played in the floodwater and stuff. At one point I was holding Maggie's leash and she pulled and pulled to get into the water intil my sneakers (I left my boots at work) were completely submerged. The water was cold at first, but once I got back onto land my body heat warmed up the water in my shoes, and it wasn't too uncomfortable.
We went in before the big winds were supposed to kick up (30-50 mph) and missed all that. We could hear it from inside.
This morning (hey look it's ten o'clock already!) I took Jim out and it's brightly sunny and below freezing out, with enough wind to make it feel like 4 degrees F according to accuweather. We'll go for a brisk walk out with the dogs later, and I bet Alexis will take some beautiful pictures out there in the sunshine.
For whatever reason (I haven't been paying attention to detailed forecasts) the blizzards that dumped on Ohio didn't do the same here. We had steady soaking drizzle all day yesterday, culminating in evening downpours. It was cold and nasty to be outside. 5 degrees colder and it would have been ice and snow. Then, when we took the dogs out around 8:00, the rain had more or less stopped, and the air felt warm around us. It was probably in the low 50's, but since it had felt so cold when the sun was out, it felt downright tropical.
We took the dogs across the street to a relatively protected piece of park: we call it "The Island" because it's bordered by the Muddy river on one side and a swampy area on the other; When it floods, the swampy side turns into another river. So we let Jim off leash, and then Charlie, and they ran around and played in the floodwater and stuff. At one point I was holding Maggie's leash and she pulled and pulled to get into the water intil my sneakers (I left my boots at work) were completely submerged. The water was cold at first, but once I got back onto land my body heat warmed up the water in my shoes, and it wasn't too uncomfortable.
We went in before the big winds were supposed to kick up (30-50 mph) and missed all that. We could hear it from inside.
This morning (hey look it's ten o'clock already!) I took Jim out and it's brightly sunny and below freezing out, with enough wind to make it feel like 4 degrees F according to accuweather. We'll go for a brisk walk out with the dogs later, and I bet Alexis will take some beautiful pictures out there in the sunshine.
Noticing the Year: 02/13/08
Feb. 13th, 2008 06:23 pmThis morning I noticed that Boston's most dramatic fog comes when warm air rolls into a place covered with snow. I wish I could share the eerie sight of the tree-lined VFW parkway enshrouded in mist, the trees black with moisture above a background of freshly fallen white.
Then just now I noticed that I really don't mind rain, even though there's a ton of it at the moment, flooding the parks. I could probably live in the PNW without much suffering. Alexis, on the other hand, always mentions stabbing herself in the eyes, when we've had more than a day or so.
And since I love her beautiful eyes, and we've been married four years today, and for many more into the future, I'm willing to compromise on that point. :)
Couldn't find a 2004 pic, but here's a nice one from the Summer of 2005
Then just now I noticed that I really don't mind rain, even though there's a ton of it at the moment, flooding the parks. I could probably live in the PNW without much suffering. Alexis, on the other hand, always mentions stabbing herself in the eyes, when we've had more than a day or so.
And since I love her beautiful eyes, and we've been married four years today, and for many more into the future, I'm willing to compromise on that point. :)
Couldn't find a 2004 pic, but here's a nice one from the Summer of 2005
