nor'easter
It's official: We're a disaster
By adamg - 3/29/10 - 7:38 pmMassBeacon.com reports President Obama has declared Massachusetts a flood-ravaged disaster area, which means people who have suffered damage should be eligible for federal help.
More details from FEMA, including a list of designated counties (eastern Mass., basically) and what the designation means.
ICA closed some galleries Thursday to repair nor'easter damage
By adamg - 3/27/10 - 9:54 amGreg Cook reports the waterfront museum had to fix roof damage caused by the recent aguageddon.
Nor'easter-smashed lobster traps
By adamg - 3/22/10 - 8:35 amGood Morning Gloucester shows us what a nor'easter can do to lobster traps in shallow waters.
Aguageddon kept fire crews busy
By adamg - 3/21/10 - 9:22 amLocal 718 provides the tally for the Boston Fire Department between 8 a.m. on March 13 and 8 a.m. on March 16: 1,218 calls, including 8 fires (two of them multiple alarms).
That's no seaplane
By adamg - 3/19/10 - 12:36 pmNorwood Airport remains closed to airplanes today as workers clean up after the mighty Neponset flooded the field. The scene on Tuesday.
They've been working on the railroad
By adamg - 3/18/10 - 7:47 am
MassDOT provided this photo of workers busy repairing the flooded-out Riverside track bed yesterday. Compare to the photos from the height of the nor'easter. The state expects to have service restored by Monday.
Before and after
By adamg - 3/17/10 - 12:00 am
Laura Scannell watched a raging stream at the Arnold Arboretum yesterday. Later, David Schachner took in the view from East Boston. Look at that sky.
Copyright Laura Scannell and David Schachner, respectively. Both posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
City sends out crews to fill craters left by aguageddon
By adamg - 3/16/10 - 4:22 pmThe mayor's office announced today:
The Department of Public Works has inspectors out across the city identifying potholes for crews to fill. Today, the DPW has 5 crews patrolling the streets and there will be 10 crews tomorrow through Saturday – one in each city district, filling potholes they have identified. The DPW's increased patrol effort aims to fill as many potholes as possible in the next week.
It wasn't all gray today
By adamg - 3/15/10 - 10:17 pm
Jeff Tamagini managed to find quite a bit of color downtown during the storm today.
Copyright Jeff Tamagini.
Where's Huckleberry Finn?
By adamg - 3/15/10 - 10:09 pm
Jo photographed what appears to be a bobbing raft but is actually a picnic table being submerged by a rising Charles River at Norumbega Park in Newton today.
William Ricker stopped to watch an impromptu fountain formed by an overflowing sewer on Coffey Street in Dorchester on Sunday:
Meanwhile, Penny Cherubino provides photographic proof that not even Copley Place was immune from the power of a nor'easter.
Photos opyright Jo and William Decker, respectively.
