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Blizzard of 2022

World's largest snow globe is in Roslindale

By adamg - 1/29/22 - 2:15 pm
Looking through the tunnel towards the Arnold Arboretum

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Paul Friedmann walked down South Street in Roslindale today and peered through the tunnel under the Needham Line train tracks towards the Arnold Arboretum.

NBC Boston takes the lead in the battle of on-air boxes; reporters stake out turf with Dunk's cups, shovels, trash bags

By adamg - 1/29/22 - 1:28 pm
15 reporters and weather people on the screen at once

NBC Boston showed its reporting fury at noon today, putting 15 reporters and weather people on air all at once, easily topping Channel 7's 12-box: Read more.

In Roslindale, two essentials are open

By adamg - 1/29/22 - 9:56 am

Both Roslindale Ace Hardware on Washington Street at Metropolitan Avenue and the Dunkin' Donuts in Roslindale Square are open this morning, so go to the hardware store, get a saucer (a trash can lid would do in pinch), then slide down to the Dunk's for your ice coffee. In your Patriots hoodie and shorts, of course.

Via Keep Roslindale Quirky.

In the thick of it

By adamg - 1/29/22 - 9:14 am
Satellite view of the storm at 7:30 a.m.

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The view from above at 7:30 a.m. (by the GOES-16 satellite).

Compare to last night's view.

The empty, disappearing city

By adamg - 1/29/22 - 9:08 am
Empty South Boston intersection

Normally, Michael Spicher would see plenty of vehicles - and downtown Boston - when he looks out his window over Old Colony Avenue in South Boston. At 8:45 a.m., though, he saw neither.

Up in Revere, meanwhile, RadRebe watched the angry sea: Read more.

Old Snowsides

By adamg - 1/29/22 - 8:31 am
USS Constitution in the storm

At least as of 7:50 a.m., Thomas Hook could still see the USS Constitution out his window.

Update, 9:50 a.m.: Read more.

City councilor offers ice cream to kids who shovel out hydrants

By adamg - 1/28/22 - 11:27 pm

New District 4 (Dorchester, Mattapan, bits of Roslindale and JP) Councilor Brian Worrell is offering $10 gift certificates to Fields Corner's Chill on Park to anybody in his district under 18 who sends in a photo of a hydrant they've shoveled out. Worrell credits former District 6 (JP, West Roxbury, Mission Hill) Councilor Matt O'Malley for the idea.

Storm starts bombo'ing its genesis

By adamg - 1/28/22 - 9:29 pm
The gathering storm at 7:40 p.m.

And here is our approaching friend, crossing the streams and bombogenesizing off North Carolina, as seen in this GOES-16 satellite photo around 7:40 p.m. Read more.

Boston snow emergency declared; goes into effect at 9 p.m

By adamg - 1/28/22 - 10:42 am

"It's going to be a big one!" Mayor Wu said at a 10:30 a.m. press conference. Read more.

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