By adamg - 1/27/15 - 5:47 pm

Gov. Baker said he's lifting the eastern-Massachusetts driving ban at midnight, but Mayor Walsh said that doesn't mean everybody should go out and release their pent-up driving urges.

A lot of snow in Brockton
By adamg - 1/27/15 - 3:59 pm

This is what Cinzia Sonya saw when she opened a side door in her home in Brockton this afternoon.

Empty Harvard Avenue in Allston
By adamg - 1/27/15 - 2:19 pm

WalkingBostonian shows us the mostly empty Harvard Avenue in Allston this afternoon.

Cross country skier on Highland Avenue in Somerville
By adamg - 1/27/15 - 2:10 pm

Sarah Connors shows us Highland Avenue in Somerville this afternoon.

By adamg - 1/27/15 - 12:36 pm

Gov. Baker, now clad in a more appropriate pullover, says the ban is being lifted in the western part of the state, except for the turnpike, but that those of us easta Worcester need to stay off the roads.

State Police report issuing several citations for people ignoring the ban, but add they have yet to have to arrest anybody.

A member of the crack Boston media asked the governor about his changeover from a suit to something more casual. He replied:

Today is a snow day! I am dressed for a snow day.

Satellite view of the nor'easter of 2015
By adamg - 1/27/15 - 11:53 am

NOAA posted this photo of the blizzard over our heads around 1:45 this morning, taken by the Suomi-NPP satellite.

Open Dunkin Donuts in a blizzard
By adamg - 1/27/15 - 11:12 am

TrueNE_79 spotted this open Dunkin' Donuts in Downtown Crossing this morning.

Snowmobile in the Back Bay
By adamg - 1/27/15 - 11:00 am

Paula Tennyson looked out her window last night to see a snowmobile zipping around at Comm. Ave. and Mass. Ave.

French toast
By adamg - 1/27/15 - 10:49 am

Stephen McCarthy forwarded a photo of his breakfast this morning. Too bad he doesn't deliver.

Chihuahua in the snow
By adamg - 1/27/15 - 10:39 am

Paula Tennyson spotted a chihuahua with second thoughts. See way more photos, with more to come, of course.

SUV with rear opened in a blizzard
By adamg - 1/27/15 - 9:19 am

Ken Hudak reports this SUV was apparently left open like that all night - owner's fortunate, at least, that the winds were blowing the snow out as fast as they were blowing them in.

Liquor line at Downtown Crossing Walgreens
By adamg - 1/26/15 - 7:27 pm

Jed Hresko shows us the line for liquor at the Downtown Crossing Walgreens late this afternoon.

North Station crowds in advance of the Blizzard of 2015
By adamg - 1/26/15 - 4:44 pm

'HERE WE GO." With those three words, the National Weather Service begins its latest report on the impending snowpocageddon, one its forecasters say could re-shape parts of the coastline with winds and waves punching out new inlets. Read more.

Empty milk shelves at Shaw's in Allston
By adamg - 1/26/15 - 2:30 pm

Izzie in a Tizzy shows us the milk shelves at the Packard's Corner Shaw's (the water shelves are similarly denuded).

By adamg - 1/26/15 - 2:01 pm

The following memo from MEMA went out to state officials today:

DATE: January 26, 2015
TIME: 1:15 pm
SUBJECT: State of Emergency and Motor Vehicle Travel Ban

Elmer space saver in Dorchester
By adamg - 1/26/15 - 1:19 pm

DeannaMae spotted Elmer on Mill Street in Dorchester today.

NSF Center for Severe Weather Research truck in Cambridge
By adamg - 1/26/15 - 10:38 am
NSF truck

Nick Smith spotted this truck in Cambridge today. Closer inspection showed it's from the National Science Foundation's Center for Severe Weather Research.

Minuteman recreator on the Green Line
By adamg - 1/26/15 - 10:02 am

Olourabrabb spotted this gent on the Green Line this morning.

Snow chair with no snow in Allston
By adamg - 1/26/15 - 9:38 am

A concerned citizen wants this pre-blizzard chair on Imrie Road in Allston removed.

Similar complaint about cones on Homestead Street in Roxbury.