Irene, good morning?

6 a.m. and so far Boston is pretty calm. Looks like Western Mass and the Hudson River valley are getting dumped with rain, though. And the NHC cone has Boston right on the 90% line for tropical storm force winds, and well into the sixty percent range for 50 knot winds. (Only five to ten percent for hurricane force winds, but there's still one model that wants to bring the storm my way.)

I'm going to go back to sleep.

Irene, good morning?

6 a.m. and so far Boston is pretty calm. Looks like Western Mass and the Hudson River valley are getting dumped with rain, though. And the NHC cone has Boston right on the 90% line for tropical storm force winds, and well into the sixty percent range for 50 knot winds. (Only five to ten percent for hurricane force winds, but there's still one model that wants to bring the storm my way.)

I'm going to go back to sleep.

Still pretty quiet

A little rain, the wind picking up but not bad. I walked down to the harbor and the whitecaps are definitely starting. Cloud layer is so low half of downtown is missing. I'm going to see if I can get the camera to work and try to get a picture of Old Ironsides across the water...

(I'm updating my LJ so if the power goes out my sister in Colorado can see what's been happening, btw. It's easier than making a gazillion phone calls.)

Still pretty quiet

A little rain, the wind picking up but not bad. I walked down to the harbor and the whitecaps are definitely starting. Cloud layer is so low half of downtown is missing. I'm going to see if I can get the camera to work and try to get a picture of Old Ironsides across the water...

(I'm updating my LJ so if the power goes out my sister in Colorado can see what's been happening, btw. It's easier than making a gazillion phone calls.)

Lalala...

East Boston is still fairly unexciting. Which I can live with. Definitely gusty out there and the trees up about the third floor are doing a lot of moving around, but at street level (at least by my front door) it's not too bad. Raining, yes, but when I check the radar it seems like I'm always in the dry spot.

Sounds like NYC has cleared the worst of it, even though the East River and Hudson both flooded. I was amusing myself by watching the live feed of some poor bunny who didn't know he was still on the air after his report, and was doing things like asking the names of the anchors he was going to be talking to in Oakland next. "Don, right, with a D? No John. Got it..."

Lalala...

East Boston is still fairly unexciting. Which I can live with. Definitely gusty out there and the trees up about the third floor are doing a lot of moving around, but at street level (at least by my front door) it's not too bad. Raining, yes, but when I check the radar it seems like I'm always in the dry spot.

Sounds like NYC has cleared the worst of it, even though the East River and Hudson both flooded. I was amusing myself by watching the live feed of some poor bunny who didn't know he was still on the air after his report, and was doing things like asking the names of the anchors he was going to be talking to in Oakland next. "Don, right, with a D? No John. Got it..."

Still a bit windy

And looking at the news I see trees down all over the state, but my little corner of the world seems to have gotten through with just a whole lotta leaves down. Of course, we lost all the weakest tree limbs to a thunderstorm about a week ago, so that might explain it.

Compared to the rest of the summer it's gotten darn cold though!

Still a bit windy

And looking at the news I see trees down all over the state, but my little corner of the world seems to have gotten through with just a whole lotta leaves down. Of course, we lost all the weakest tree limbs to a thunderstorm about a week ago, so that might explain it.

Compared to the rest of the summer it's gotten darn cold though!

Still blowing

Oddly enough, the neighbor's wind chimes, which I wasn't hearing earlier today, are all jangly and noisy now, at ten at night. Interesting...


ETA: Yes, a small foray into the dark and occasionally starlit night (hey, Deneb!) proves that the wind is windier now than it was a few hours ago. It has, however, forgotten to decide which direction to come from. (Although the tattered clouds above the city are moving mostly from the southwestish towards the northeastish corner of the sky.)

Big storm. Maybe not as fierce as some, but big.

Still blowing

Oddly enough, the neighbor's wind chimes, which I wasn't hearing earlier today, are all jangly and noisy now, at ten at night. Interesting...


ETA: Yes, a small foray into the dark and occasionally starlit night (hey, Deneb!) proves that the wind is windier now than it was a few hours ago. It has, however, forgotten to decide which direction to come from. (Although the tattered clouds above the city are moving mostly from the southwestish towards the northeastish corner of the sky.)

Big storm. Maybe not as fierce as some, but big.