Bitching about Boston

[gotsnowgotslush]

May 8, 2015

Burlington Police are finding more and more people posing as handicapped relatives or worse - taking the identity of a dead disabled person just so they can park in a prime spot.


Burlington officers said they are also finding people who alter handicap placards almost like a Fake ID replacing their name and picture for their own use.


http://www.whdh.com/story/29019337/handicap-placard-misuse-a-cause-for-concern-in-burlington

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Revere police said at least 300 people were involved in a fight at Revere Beach.

Officers responded to reports of a brawl at 6:15 p.m. Sunday.

Seven people were arrested, police said.

No injuries were reported.

http://m.wcvb.com/news/several-arrested-after-massive-fight-at-revere-beach/32924514

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

The good weather is here, and so are the problems that come with visitors.

Some neighborhoods include gunfire. The locals have their grapevine.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

The Blue Angels are making their second loop over Boston.

The squadron's six-jet F/A-18 Hornet Delta Formation will flyover multiple times on the east side of the harbor area and at least twice near Fenway Park.

whdh.com

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Severe Thunderstorm alert

Berkshire, MA
Hillsborough, NHMerrimack, NH


SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
533 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

NHC007-009-272145-
/O.CON.KGYX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150527T2145Z/
COOS NH-GRAFTON NH-
533 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN COOS AND CENTRAL GRAFTON COUNTIES...

AT 532 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LANCASTER
TO 9 MILES EAST OF FRANCONIA NOTCH STATE PARK TO NEAR PLYMOUTH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTERN LEBANON...LITTLETON...LANCASTER...BETHLEHEM...LINCOLN...
PLYMOUTH...HANOVER...CANAAN...FRANCONIA...GROTON...FRANCONIA NOTCH
STATE PARK...WOODSTOCK...PIERMONT...CARROLL...LYME...LISBON...
JEFFERSON...DALTON...BENTON AND DORCHESTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDONS


http://www.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=aly&wwa=all

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Yes, I am hearing thunder. Will see what this will be.

 

[Dreamer110]

Yes, I am hearing thunder. Will see what this will be.

Another dud.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Tornado Alley East hit at least one town, on the Massachusetts dartboard.
Others experienced the power of mild tornado lightning. Firemen answered.
You can keep the Texas sized lightning out West, where it belongs. yikes
Could we please have our Massachusetts sized hurricanes, back ?
They sent some Southern style hurricanes, and they were too oversized for
small New England villages. Nor' easter works just fine, for Winter storms.

In other news, Tom Scholz from Boston, is having fun, away from the Extreme Right Wing newspaper, the Boston Herald.

05/29/15
The band got a jump start on this upcoming summer concert season with some dozen shows already completed as they perform in 54 cities over four months.

Boston performs at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 16 at Freedom Hill Amphitheatre.

http://www.macombdaily.com/arts-and...f-boston-returns-to-freedom-hill-amphitheatre

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Boston is back to normal. It is chilly, wet, and gloomy.
Save that California style sunshine for August.
We have lawns, and brown and crisp is not a good look.

 

[phrodeau]

May 8, 2015

Burlington Police are finding more and more people posing as handicapped relatives or worse - taking the identity of a dead disabled person just so they can park in a prime spot.


Burlington officers said they are also finding people who alter handicap placards almost like a Fake ID replacing their name and picture for their own use.


http://www.whdh.com/story/29019337/handicap-placard-misuse-a-cause-for-concern-in-burlington

... That got the driver a $200 parking ticket and a $505 misuse citation.

Misuse of placards is such a concern that Burlington's Disability Access Commission paid for two officers to monitor handicap parking for 10 days in March.

They ended up giving out 159 parking tickets and 11-misuse citations.

That's $37,355.00. I hope those officers got a bonus.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

The Cross Street ramp to the O 'Neill Tunnel will close on Tuesday from 11:30 PM to 5:00 AM ?

Detour Exit 28 Mystic Ave.

I-93 Restrictions through Boston
Complete Overnight Closure of the Tip O’Neill Tunnel/I-93 Southbound Tonight

BOSTON—Starting tonight, Tuesday, June 2nd at 11 PM, overnight into Wednesday, June 3rd, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s maintenance schedule will require complete lane closures of the Tip O’Neill Tunnel/I-93 in the southbound direction through Boston.

Beginning at Exit 28 on I-93 southbound, traffic will be diverted to the Mystic Ave Offramp at Exit 28, to begin along the detour route. Upon exiting the offramp, all traffic will be directed through Sullivan Square to Rutherford Ave, following to the Surface Artery southbound. At that point, traffic will return to the onramp from Albany Street at Herald Street returning to I-93 southbound.

The full closure will begin at 11 PM tonight, Tuesday, June 2nd, and last until 5 AM Wednesday, June 3rd. In the event of inclement weather, the closure will be postponed.


#MAtraffic Alert: Boston- I-93 Southbound O'Neill Tunnel complete overnight lane closure, Tues, June 2, 11pm-5am. Detour Exit 28 Mystic Ave

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Somewhere in the USA, they have all the flooding that they ever want to see in their lifetime. Here, I am grateful for what drops of rain we get. The woods are dry, dry, dry.

Today, I compared the wild roses against the cultivated roses. (The wild roses won. They sent up a cloud of pollen, that you could look at and swear it was mist.)

I talked to a woman that experienced a micro- burst on her street.
The lightning took out a historic tree, and it took out the neighborhood transformer and flung it onto a car.


WTF Everything is making me teary, today. Emotionally, not allergen teary. I usually feel stretched too thin when a hurricane is in the air.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

This is what results from people having more respect for money,
than they have for people who are genuine and honest.

Thanks, Republicans!

Vietnam veteran – Edward Hinckley, was cremated. But like dozens of other deceased, once he was in the hands of Dorchester funeral director Joseph O’ Donnell, everything went wrong.

Police called Mrs. Hinckley to give her the awful news: “They told me the ashes were not my husband. They didn’t know who they were, but they were not him,” she said.

Earlier this year, the family of a Dorchester woman discovered the ID tag from Ed Hinckley’s cremation — in the ashes that they thought belonged to their loved one.

Joseph O’Donnell has been in custody since last summer; he is facing almost 300 charges.

Police say he took grieving families’ money for cremations – but instead, stacked dead bodies in a Weymouth storage locker.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/06/...rns-remains-she-buried-were-not-her-husbands/

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Imagines many copies of the state of Massachusetts.
The image of a map with many clones of Boston,
is not something I can handle-
one Boston is sufficient.
More, is insane.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Tornado watch, is over in Tornado Alley East.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Berkshire, MA
Franklin, MA
Hampden, MA
Hampshire, MA

On vacation ?

Watch out, Berkshires.

Vermont, look out!

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

It has been an odd Spring, following an odd Winter.
Very few days were worthy of Spring fever.

People are displaying fits of Summer madness.

Something has been in the air, all this week.

Overdosing on sunlight ?

If Nathaniel Hawthorne had taken notice of the phenomenon,
he kept it to himself.

The gloom of Olde England traded for the gloom of New England.

Fiercely glad, after being sober and quiet.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Rain, rain, please stay
We need you to grant us
another day

I hope that we get showers, for a week.

July is not that far off.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Yesterday, it was breezy and dry. Some sun.
Today it is soggy, but no rain.
*waves to water logged New York*
Lost Landmarks

Why is Hilltop Steakhouse’s chimney still standing?

The answer is: It won’t be for long.

The chimney is set to come down within the week, Dennis January, a spokesperson for the owners of the site, told Boston.com.

As for the cactus, January told the Saugus Historical Commission in early April that there is a plan to preserve the 68-foot sign as part of the site’s redevelopment, according to a report by the Saugus Advertiser.


http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...Hy8qTerR2YGMwcVTwTN/story.html?p1=stream_news

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

After 10 years of waging a battle with the Pope, for the right to worship in the church the community has built...

June 11, 2015

Parishioners illegally occupying a long-closed Roman Catholic church in Massachusetts were issued a reprieve yesterday after a judge ruled they could continue their round-the-clock vigil while they appeal a lower court decision that ordered them to vacate.

The church sits on roughly 30 acres of prime, largely undeveloped real estate overlooking Massachusetts Bay about 30 miles south of Boston.

They say their fight is not only about protecting the rights of Catholics to worship in churches they’ve known their whole lives, but also a stand against the clergy sex abuse scandal that rocked the Boston-area before expanding nationally and globally.

After the hearing, a few protesters expressed doubt the courts would ultimately side in their favor. But even if they lost in the end, they said the long fight was not in vain.

“People are more aware now of how the church hierarchy deals with parishioners,” said Terry McDonough, who says he spends one night a week sleeping at the church as part of the protest group. “They encourage you to participate, and they when you try to participate, they say ‘Sit down and shut up.’ It’s not right.”

In court, Dailey, the archdiocese lawyer, argued that there would be “absolutely no harm” to protesters if they end their occupation while the appeal is decided. He promised the archdiocese has “no intent” of selling or razing the property while the appeal is pending.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/...rs-remain-in-long-closed-massachusetts-church

Massachusetts parishioners file emergency motion to keep church open

Parishioners occupying a Massachusetts Catholic church for more than a decade have been granted a few more days to stay in the building by a state court.

On Wednesday, the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued a stay of a lower court's injunction that required parishioners to leave St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church in Scituate by 5 p.m. Friday until their emergency motion asking the court to keep the Boston archdiocese from evicting them parish property is heard.

The appeals court scheduled a hearing on the motion for 11 a.m. June 11.

Jon Rogers, a leader of Friends of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church, said the group disagreed with the May 14 decision of Norfolk County Superior Court Judge Edward Leibensperger, who gave parishioners 15 days to leave the church after hearing arguments in a lawsuit filed by the archdiocese seeking to remove parishioners from the property.

Rogers and his supporters filed an earlier emergency motion seeking a suspension of Leibensperger's original order pending an appeal. The judge denied the motion May 29 and set 5 p.m. on June 5 as a new deadline for parishioners.

"We're praying for some resolution here," Rogers told Catholic News Service on Monday. "The thing we need to do is stop the archdiocese from destroying our church."


The victims sued the Pope, the Pope sold the churches to pay for the damage done.

The Pope damages the faithful by taking away their home away from home.


So much money! They sold the land for millions. Location, location, location!

But, of course, the churches in very rich neighborhoods had powerful friends.
They kept their cathedrals.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Cape Cod and Islands

Get your carcass and pets indoors, now! NOW!

Wicked insane amount of lightning headed your way.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Batten down the hatches.

It is going to be a harsh one.

Hope to the universe that they tuned in to the warnings.

Safe at port ?

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

National Weather Service In Taunton Has Issued A

* Special Marine Warning For...
Coastal Waters Extending Out To 25 Nm South Of Marthas Vineyard And
Nantucket...
Coastal Waters From Montauk Ny To Marthas Vineyard Extending Out To
20 Nm South Of Block Island...
Ocean Waters From Marthas Vineyard To Nantucket From 25 To 45 Nm
Offshore...
Ocean Waters From Montauk Ny To Marthas Vineyard From 25 To 40 Nm
Offshore...

* Until 900 Am Edt

* At 804 Am Edt...doppler Radar Indicated A Severe Thunderstorm...
Capable Of Producing Waterspouts...winds 34 Knots Or Greater And
Small Hail...located 20 Nm Southeast Of Buoy 44097 Southeast Of
Block Island...moving Northeast At 35 Knots. This Warning Will
Replace The Previous Warning That Was Issued At 715 Am.

* Locations Impacted Include...
The Coastal Waters South Of Marthas Vineyard.

Precautionary/preparedness Actions...

Strong Wind Gusts And Briefly Rough Seas Can Be Expected. Head To
Safe Harbor Immediately Or Stay Close To Shore Until The Storm
Passes.

Frequent Lightning Was Occurring With This Storm. If Caught On The
Open Water Stay Below Deck If Possible...and Keep Away From
Ungrounded Metal Objects.

COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
717 AM EDT SUN JUN 21 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT THIS
AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. A
CHANCE OF TSTMS. RAIN THIS MORNING...THEN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.
VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. GUSTS UP TO 20 KT IN THE EVENING.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. PATCHY FOG. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
.MON...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO AROUND 5 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS AROUND 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS.
.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS AROUND 15 KT...BECOMING W AFTER MIDNIGHT.
GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS AROUND 2 FT.
.THU...SW WINDS AROUND 5 KT. SEAS AROUND 2 FT.
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS AROUND 2 FT. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS.

WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.

SEAS ARE REPORTED AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE
AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST THIRD OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVE
HEIGHTS MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.


Pouring water into the ocean.

And not the islands.

Last thing that you want is an island that is dry as tinder.

I would be surprised if any ferry is running.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Great Rock Bight on June 13, 2015

"Our highlights included ovenbird and red-eyed vireo, which were everywhere! But it was also eerily quiet there, as the other species that usually are abundant, noisy and easy to find were scarce. There was only one redstart and there were no great crested flycatchers, eastern wood-pewees or cedar waxwings. The Acadian flycatchers, a southern species that was present for several summers near the boardwalk on the universal access trail, were also absent.

And finally, at long last, it is raining. Three quarters of an inch of rain had fallen on June 15, as I wrote this column. This was more precipitation than we had in all of May and June. This does not end the drought, though.

We still need more rain.

gsgs comment-

Too much of nothing, or too much of something.

Pick one.

/end gsgs comment

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

You would have to be out of your mind, to be out, fishing in this weather.
These are not your great grandfather's weather patterns.

Will we be seeing a mega storm that covers the whole USA, in future ?

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Tall Ships 2015


Juan Sebastian De Elcano sailed into Boston Harbor this week.

The arrival marks the beginning of a summer of ships for Boston with the Hermione, a French frigate, coming in July.

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/...-ships-spanish-ship-juan-sebastian-de-elcano/


Restoration efforts


Using two cranes, USS Constitution‘s mizzen fighting top was carefully removed from the lower mizzen mast on the morning of June 18, 2015. The top will be refurbished during the restoration and reinstalled at a later date.

In the photo below, a man-bucket holding three Naval History & Heritage Command Detachment Boston workers hangs from the crane in the background. The crane in the foreground is lifting the fighting top. The smaller (brown) snow mast can be seen just aft of the lower (white) mizzen mast. Constitution‘s spanker, one of her largest fore and aft sails, would normally be set between a boom and a gaff from the snow mast.


Spanish Navy’s Juan Sebastian de Élcano

This historic 4-Mast Top Sail Schooner is the 3rd largest Tall Ship in the world and is the official training ship of the Spanish Navy. The Juan Sebastian de Élcano will anchor in the harbor on Monday, June 15th before docking at Pier Four in Charlestown on Tuesday, June 16th, where she will be open for public tours through Saturday, June 20th.

http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/proddir/prod/505/100/