wind
Flood watch issued for our viewing area for tomorrow
By adamg - 2/24/11 - 4:01 pmNational Weather Service capitalizes on our impending mega-wet weather. Oh, and don't think that umbrella will protect you - they've also issued a high-wind watch.
Extra skinny people advised to stay indoors this evening
By adamg - 12/12/10 - 2:56 pmThe National Weather Service reports gusts of up to 50 mph are possible between 4 p.m. and 1 a.m.
A grub-infested oak can ruin your whole day
By adamg - 10/17/10 - 9:48 amJamaica Plain Patch reports nobody was hurt when the wind toppled the bug-gnawed tree onto the Jamaicaway yesterday, smashing one windshield and hitting another vehicle.
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
By adamg - 10/6/10 - 2:20 pm
And that answer would be "No," assuming the question was "Can I walk through Copley Square with an open umbrella today?"
On a noontime walk to Back Bay station (from City Hall; yeah, I'm that kind of nuts), I took refuge on the steps of Trinity Church, and watched as countless umbrellas got turned inside out and countless people simply gave up and closed their umbrellas rather than fighting a losing battle with the wind.
In honor of this afternoon's forecast, the musical group of the day is ...
By adamg - 9/30/10 - 6:06 amQuincy street shut when high winds bring down tree
By adamg - 9/16/10 - 11:09 pmAround 11:15 p.m., a wind gust that may have hit 50 m.p.h. took down a tree and telephone on Briggs Street. Police shut the small street until the damage could be repaired.
Any damage your way?
So how windy is it today?
By adamg - 4/29/10 - 1:43 pmWindy enough to knock down large tree limbs at Harvard St. and Cummins Highway and whip up whitecaps on the Cambridge reservoir off 128 in Waltham. All afternoon, the Boston Fire and Police departments were busy responding to reports of downed wires and trees across the city.
Nature's raging fury in Winthrop
By adamg - 3/1/10 - 1:24 pmThat would have been something to see: Hundreds of snow tubes flying across 495
By adamg - 2/26/10 - 6:43 pmChannel 4 reports last night's winds ripped open a storage shed at the Amesbury Sports Park, sending the snow tubes inside scudding across the highway.
Umbrellageddon
By adamg - 2/26/10 - 8:57 am
Oh, the humanity! Copley Square turned into a battlefield last night as wind and umbrellas clashed - and wind proved the better, leaving the square littered with the detritus of its vanquished foes. Oddjob photographed the carnage (click for far more photos).
Copyright Oddjob. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.
