Evan Stark captured the storm moving in over Jamaica Plain, just before the skies opened up this afternoon:
Emily Murphy, meanwhile, looked out over downtown Boston around 4:45 p.m.:
Around the same time, an oculus appeared over Cutler and Millennium parks along the Charles River, where West Roxbury, Dedham and Needham meet:
Steve H. reports lightning hit a house at 21 Munroe St. in Somerville around 5:15 p.m. and that fire crews from Somerville, Cambridge and Boston responded.
just before the apocalypse, at Winthrop Beach
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Crashy nights, boomy storms.
By Lee
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 6:33pm
Uhubby is going whimsical.
Thankful
By BobGoblin
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 6:33pm
for the rain (although it still wasn’t enough to ease this drought) but I can do without the damaging storms. I like a thunderstorm that’s all steady rain and a moderately entertaining light and sound show.
Might be the new normal
By Tim Mc.
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 7:25pm
New England is supposed to have more of these intense storms in the future, leading to a bit more precipitation overall, but less sticking around. (...if I recall my wife's summary of the paper correctly, which I may not.)
For me, the new normal means
By noahproblem
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 2:33am
Thunderstorm events which lasts much longer than they seemed to last when I was younger. Back then storms used to be in and out in about 15-20 minutes (or maybe 30 occasionally) and then nothing else, but now it seems like we get a cluster of storms that hangs around for over an hour (tonight the first thunderclap I heard was around 5:00 but it didn't end until well after 7). And many of the counties were under multiple severe warnings that came one after another.
Clearly getting worse than it used to be
By roadman
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 12:36pm
For one thing, I seldom recall the skies getting nearly as dark just before one of these things hit as they do now. Yesterday, our power went out about 4:30, and the house got so dark I had to find a flashlight.
Our power went out
By Citygirl
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 6:41pm
My toddlers thought it was early bedtime! Dagnabbit
The view north on VFW Pakway near the Dedham line
By adamg
Sun, 08/23/2020 - 9:45pm
Bolt in the blue
By adamg
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 12:15am
OK boomy
By jmeltzer
Tue, 08/25/2020 - 8:56am
OK boomy
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