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Love in Dewey Square

adamg — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:48:39 +0000

Cheryl Stober looked out her office window today at the Greenway in Dewey Square.

Snow story

adamg — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:25:23 +0000

Some reports, photos from today (may take a moment or two to pop up):

The first big snow of the season in New England is always so magical

adamg — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:18:29 +0000

Stiofan forwards this photo of the result of a car-vs.-bollard incident in Harvard Square this morning. Lots of other smashups reported across the area as we magically lose the ability to drive in snow.

And you can love it and pet it and hug it and call it George

adamg — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:28:38 +0000

Just in time for snow, Boston has launched its Adopt-a-Hydrant program, in which you promise to shovel out a specific hydrant after a storm, like, say, the ones we're supposed to get tonight and Saturday.

Meanwhile, both Brookline and Cambridge have referral programs to match residents with snow with teens with shovels.

Snow good for rat tracking

adamg — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:23:42 +0000

Cambridge City Councilor Minka vanBeuzekom tweets this morning:

After light snow best time 2 see urban animal tracks - like rats. Do you have any?

Winter officially arrives in Dorchester

adamg — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:00:32 +0000

Dave Ahern looked out the window of his Dorchester home to see what a thin coating of snow means. He used the hashtag #yougottabekiddin

Snow catches Boston by surprise

adamg — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:38:49 +0000

Crash at Everett and Clevemont in Brighton. Photo by bbarbaruolo.

Update, 11 p.m.: Expressway in Dorchester at a complete standstill in both directions; six cars collided on the Zakim.

Drivers unaccustomed to powder-covered roads, coupled with a lack of salt, means spinouts and crashes are beginning to pile up. A Hummer ran up into a house on Lake Street in Brighton, but did no major damage to either house or people. Police shut Everett Street in Brighton after cars started playing pinball. Boston DPW salt trucks began blasting out of their yards to treat roads around 10:45 p.m.

Ed. note: I held off on raising the French Toast Alert based on a forecast that called for everything to melt by morning as temperatures rose into the 40s. I should have known better.

Suspicious white powder at Gloucester train station

adamg — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:21:48 +0000

Tom Bruno arrived at the Gloucester commuter-rail stop this morning to find it coated in all this white powder and wonders what in the world it could be.

Snow in the Boston area!

adamg — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:10:50 +0000

OK, granted, it's man made, but if you want to remember what the stuff looks like, you can get a good view of the Great Blue Hill ski slope from Meadow Road in Readville.

Earlier:
What a difference a year makes.

What a difference a year makes

adamg — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:55:07 +0000

The National Weather Service posted these images showing the snow cover across the Northeast today and a year ago.

UPDATE: There is one place in the Boston area where you can see snow.

Keystone XL was not an American jobs bonanza

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:09:06 +0000

Read more here from author Brad Johnson, a Boston native, who writes about climate and public policy for ThinkProgress.

The poor, confused trees of the Public Garden

adamg — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:24:35 +0000

Leslee noticed some trees are putting out blossoms even as they're dropping leaves.

Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Next stop, Porter Falls

adamg — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:23:44 +0000

Views of the Northeast enjoyed the rushing waters of Porter station today.

Copyright Views of the Northeast. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

The sea is angry, my friend

adamg — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:21:23 +0000

Good Morning Gloucester has the Webcam pics to prove it.

Also, just like the state warned us, Morrissey Boulevard is closed due to wicked high tides, as Lauren Glynn shows us:

Too warm to formally open Frog Pond

adamg — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:13:02 +0000

Open-night skating festivities scheduled for Nov. 18 have been indefinitely postponed due to warm weather.