Bitching about Boston

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No Amtrak train service to New York. This siege might go on, for the whole weekend ?

 

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yikes. They are searching for Mr. White Hat in Yarmouth , MA

Replay of the old movie- The Russians are Coming, The Russians are coming.
Next stop- Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket via Provincetown ?

 

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Marathon bombing suspect pinned down in Watertown; believed to be hiding in boat
04/19/2013

Police have removed the cover from a boat in a Watertown backyard containing the man believed to be the Boston Marathon terror bombing suspect

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/201...atcher-says/UAbtwLVGLwBE5VI7BUyQuL/story.html

I take a nap and wake to someone using a thermal imaging camera in Watertown, and hearing about one of the security people
finding a boat that had blood on it. It is a boat in someone's driveway, covered and shrink wrapped for the winter.

 

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At this moment, the police and security teams are moving away from the boat.

"....he is still alive, a source tells the Globe. Police have seen the suspect sit up and are using “flash bang” stun grenades
to disorient and distract him. Officers are acting with caution because they remain concerned that the suspect might
be wearing a suicide bomb vest."

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk

A crowd of police are standing by and discussing something with each other.
Every free space around the house
is used as a parking space for a police, or security car. Except for the driveway, where the Chechnya teen and the boat, are.

Video clip, of where shots were fired at 7:00 this evening. It was still light enough out, to see the location.

 

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I am glad, that this is mostly over. The police and security forces must be depending on their own collective last nerve.

Sleep deprivation and stress, are no person's friend. No one died from mistaken identity. So, there is that.

 

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Young Mr. White Hat from Chechnya, will not have a free ride to Cape Cod. The boat will be towed to a body of water.
But, he will not be in the boat. He will be in a hospital bed. He will give incoherent answers. Brain damage from concussion.

 

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Not sure if you saw this...

White hat won't be running anymore.

http://www.wcvb.com/image/view/-/19820380/highRes/3/-/maxh/480/maxw/640/-/xh2r2oz/-/Dzhokhar-Tsarnaev-running--from-bombing.jpg


source

 

[Cathleen]

I am glad, that this is mostly over. The police and security forces must be depending on their own collective last nerve.

Sleep deprivation and stress, are no person's friend. No one died from mistaken identity. So, there is that.

It's been unnerving to say the least and I'm just an ordinary person. They did a great job and now I hope they can keep him alive. (At MGH I'm sure.)

Four dead, almost two hundred wounded...God bless them all.

 

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Many people lost their lives. Many people will walk in grief.

 

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Copley Square to re-open.
Shoppes and businesses to open.
The Copley MBTA station will re-open on Wednesday.

Hotels re-opened this afternoon.

Evidence taken ?

 

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Service To honor Sean Collier

Public not invited

Streets closed off today


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – April 22, 2013 – The Cambridge Police Department is announcing the following road closures
ahead of the memorial service taking place on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Wednesday, April 24, 2013:

• Vassar Street:

o Closed beginning at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24 between Audrey St. and Massachusetts Ave.

• Massachusetts Avenue:

o Closed from Albany St. toward Boston beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24.

• Memorial Drive:

o Closed beginning at 12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24 between Massachusetts Ave. and the B.U. Bridge.

• Massachusetts Avenue Bridge into Cambridge closed beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24.

These road closures are going to have a major impact on traffic in the city. Police are asking residents
to plan ahead, seek alternate routes, and use public transportation whenever possible.

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/...ge-pd-road-closures-for-mit-officer-memorial/

 

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International Workers Day- May 01, 2013

The Boston May Day Committee invites you to join us in celebration and commemoration of the heroic struggle of the
Chicago Martyrs who in 1886 gave their lives in the struggle for the eight-hour day, International Workers Day, on
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 to gather at 2 pm for a rally at 2:30pm on the Boston City Hall Plaza/Government Center
(Court and Cambridge Streets).

What happened to the gathering on Boston Common ?

 

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The college and university younglings will have a fine Spring outing-

http://calendar.boston.com/boston_m...un-the-shins-marina-and-the-diamonds-and-more

2013 Boston Calling Music Festival - Fun., The Shins, Marina and The Diamonds, and more
Saturday, May 25 1:00p
Boston City Hall Plaza Boston, MA

All Ages ?

Matt and Kim, Portugal. The Man, Cults, Ms Mr, St. Lucia, Bad Rabbits, and more.

 

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04-13-2013 I made a post about seeing the One Direction store, and all the youngling girls, celebrating.

Tonight, Ch. WHDH Boston has just shown some still pics, of what someone did to the boy band star's faces.

(Pics and video clips, were taken this afternoon.)

Very restrained and tasteful, considering- (No penis or scrotum drawings!) But the message is clear-

Simple, unhappy- face smilies, executed in thick black spray can lines and huge dots.

 

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The One Direction store is gone, and so are the smilie faces. Was all lovely, gentle Spring showers until rush hour.

The new reality showed it's frightful face. Harsh, strong lightning and a funnel cloud where it had no business, to be.

 

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Tornado confirmed by witnesses, but not the National Weather Service. Next best thing to a trailer park, was the trailer dealership.

Several travel trailers, each weighing more than three tons, were tossed five to 10 feet.

The three trailers were tossed, four to five feet off the ground and they were smacking each other. Then, the trailers were shoved
through the strong dealership fence. "Next thing you know we sitting there, roof top lifts and bang! Lifts again and boom! We all ran
out," said Shawn Weir. At the dealership service shop, a huge garage door ripped was off its rails. Cars were tossed and damaged.

http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/bost...ough/-/9848842/20093050/-/6850il/-/index.html

Yes, there was hail. Pea sized. Small tornado ?

Four towns in southern MASS were hit.
Like Western MASS, the winds and lightning have been getting more severe through the years.

Hail started attacking Newton MASS, some years ago. Frequent hail in the Spring.

Hailstorm in Newton, MA, July 2 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef8LOt37_hY

 

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Anything outside of the city center, frost warning. It is May! Not April. WTF ?
Get your fleece jacket and your coat out of the closet.
Snow flurries in the mountains.

Last week, it was so hot I wanted to do my gardening in a bathing suit!

Monday... Varying amounts of clouds and sun. Breezy and cool with highs in the 50s to near 60.
Isolated showers in northern New England. West-southwest wind 10-20 mph.

Overnight Monday Night.. Mostly clear in western New England, partly cloudy east. Lows in the 30s to around 40 south. Areas of frost.
Northwest wind (variable in northern New England) 0-8 mph.

Tuesday... Patchy frost at sunrise burns off. Sun and clouds. High in the 50s to around 60. Northwest wind 5-15 mph, local sea breezes.

Wednesday... Increasing clouds, high in the upper 60s. Late day showers possible in western New England, showers likely at night.

http://www.necn.com/weather

 

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Rainbow ring, around the sun. Why ? Crazy mixed up weather in the midwest.
Many snapped pics on their cell phones, ect.

 

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Worcester, Mass.: June 9, 1953

The last of the deadly 1953 trio, a massive (F4) tornado, touched down in Petersham, Mass., at 3:25 p.m. (EDT), June 9,
and set its sights on Worcester, 30 miles to the southeast. Described as a “huge cone of black smoke,” the funnel intensified
quickly and moved southeast at 35 mph. through Barre (two killed), Rutland (two killed), Holden (nine killed) and into northern
Worcester, where 60 people died. Cutting a path one-mile wide, the tornado then tracked east from Worcester through
Shrewsbury (12 killed), Westborough (six killed) and on to Southborough (three killed).

On the ground for nearly an hour and a half, the Worcester tornado left a 46-mile path of death and destruction. It killed 94
people, injured almost 1,300 and destroyed or damaged 4,000 buildings and hundreds of cars. The damage estimate for this
tornado was approximately $52 million ($349 million in 2002 dollars).

The force of this enormous killer carried a huge amount of debris eastward. A music box, a three-foot aluminum trap door and
a large piece of a roof were discovered on the grounds of an observatory 35 miles away.

Debris was also found in Massachusetts Bay and out in the Atlantic Ocean.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s1135.htm

 

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When the wind stopped howling, screaming and screeching. When the house stopped groaning and squeaking. When things stopped
bumping into the house. When the trees stopped whiplashing, back and forth, bending down to the ground. There was silence.

That was not our sky. This sky was so pale. This light was so strange. The sky was filled with the colors of a body healing from bruises.

 

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Western Massachusetts
Great Barrington, MA
Pittsfield, MA
Heads up!

Tornado warning
Tornado sighting
Copake, New York- Super Cell sighting
Hail in Auburn, MA

Heads Up, Perg- Headed for Vermont!

It is frickin' cold, here. The Temps just dropped. Feels colder than 60F to me.

 

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A thousand lightning strikes at the corner of Great Barington, and at the 3 state crossroads.

Very bright, very powerful, large strikes.

 

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Now Canaan, Connecticut is getting a thousand lightning strikes.
These are sky to ground strikes.
The news service is serious about telling people to get to shelter.

Western MA, is getting slammed with severe storms per usual. Tree damage, hail and micro-bursts. Flooding.

Straight line winds.

 

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The storms must have spread out. Tic Tac sized hail and a downpour. Some lightning and a good amount of thunder.

Cool dry air and warm moist air collide ? The wind was blowing cold, as the rain fell.

 

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52F now, 85F tomorrow

As thick, as Pea Soup-

...Dense fog advisory in effect from 11 PM this evening to 10 am EDT Tuesday... The National Weather Service in Taunton
has issued a dense fog advisory...which is in effect from 11 PM this evening to 10 am EDT Tuesday.

Visibilities...one quarter mile or less at times.

Timing...late tonight into Tuesday morning.

Impacts...dense fog along the coast will produce poor visibilities resulting in hazardous driving conditions. Precautionary/preparedness
actions... A dense fog advisory is issued when dense fog will reduce visibilities to one quarter mile or less for at least 3 hours... resulting
in hazardous driving conditions.

Motorists are advised to slow down as objects on and near roadways will be seen only at close range.

http://www.wcvb.com/weather/alerts