And The Sky Was Opened (NYC Thunderstorms)

I walked into a store and it was just before sundown. I walked out ten minutes later and it was black as night and sheets of rain.

I'm so happy the power's still on.

(suburban MD, not NYC, but close enough)

Power out for five hours and counting. I am typing by candlelight.
I'm in W.Mass., so it's presumably the same storm.

How long until you throw everything in the fridge away? I'm thinking this is the big project that I have been avoiding that has now reached critical mass. (Cleaning out the fridge is always hard, so maybe this is a sign.)

It's ridiculous- this major storm blew through, knocked out the power, and now it's STILL 85 but with no possibility of relief through electricity, fans, a small a/c. I mean, I thought that things would cool down through a soft, gentle rain after the storm, allowing me to sleep.
No-ho-ho!
I am tired and miserable, but it is impossible to sleep when I am soaking the sheets with sweat whenever I lie down in my bed. It's cooler on the kitchen floor. That's where I'm camping right now.
I do have booze, laptop, candles and a very funny/scared kitty.
He doesn't like the candles! But...he wants to know the candles!

It's late, so...hopefully I can venture out tomorrow and find out when the electricity might be coming back. It's weird - there's a tiny strip of this small town (Easthampton) that is not affected, but the rest of this town and four surrounding towns are blacked out. I know this because I went to the 7-11 in the unaffected area and talked to the people in line who had driven there from other towns. I was surprised that this ten block area of easthampton seemed to be the only focus of electricity - and, y'know, I was driving around with my SO because staying in a brutally hot apartment is silly when you can contemplate your carbon footprint by risking death driving in a big storm because the car has A/C. And we definitely noticed that the 7-11 had become somewhat of a Bethlehem for the folks without electricity.

Whatever - I'm sounding like I'm blogging. It's not a big deal - the power will be on tomorrow, and nothing is leaking from the fridge right now.
Sorry for the long post - I really need to feel connected, so you, ilx, are my connection.

i attended an "event" in the village last nite and leaving around nine it was like The Wizard of Oz outside, wind bending the trees over and blowing dust in my eyes, lightening flashing and raindrops just starting to fall. got on the subway @14th street and took the pokey local to the UWS and when I remerged the storm was ending: rain-slick streets and fallen tree branches adorning Broadway. nice, since I didnae have umbrella.

How long until you throw everything in the fridge away?

Fridges can retain cold pretty well. If you avoid opening it, there's plenty of stuff that will stay good. I avoid the milk if the power stays off for more than a day though.

again! i love thunderstorms!

Some pretty freaky moments.

OK, no thunder yet today but...

These thunderstrms have been insane lately

OK, there it goes.

http://www.floridalightning.com/files/Supercell_Thunderstorm.jpg

weather people concede that "the clouds were rotating" though no tornadic activity transpired

I am so glad I don't live with you. That's scary. Plus your weather people need to be ousted.

what it actually looked like - http://gothamist.com/2008/06/17/early_addition_33.php

we saw some fucking hueg trees knocked over in riverside park last week. walking on riverside drive I asked my son "how much force would it take to not only pull that tree (gestures) up by its roots but rip apart the pavement too? isn't that what you did in science class this year?" CMON DAD IM DONE WITH SCHOOL OK!

i was walking down the street around 6:45 yesterday and the wind picked up so that dirt flew all over me... it really was swirly!

more like how it looked - http://gothamist.com/2008/06/18/weather_on_hold.php

Damn clouds, how can you catch a backyard tan in this weather?

could be worse

http://media.gatewaync.com/wsj/photos/2008/06/14/floods.jpg

tehresa, watch the next one from the upper deck of Shea Stadium like I did Saturday night.

i love how everyone is bitching and/or scared but TZA is all YAY!!

i regret that i have never seen a tornado. perhaps you misunderstood.

tehresa, watch the next one from the upper deck of Shea Stadium like I did Saturday night.

-- Dr Morbius, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:27 PM (Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:27 PM) Bookmark Link

pls to invite me next time!!

I'll wave to you guys as I'm riding down Northern Boulevard.

the view out my office window onto the hudson is kind of awesome when accompanied by lightning flashes!

HAIL

i haven't turned the lights on yet... maybe i'll just sit in the dark and sleep all day.

pics!

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v299/235/32/506836588/n506836588_831194_4462.jpg

within 3 minutes it went from grey but being able to see clear across to 0 visibility. also the window gets in the way of the picture.

(there is less visibility now than when i took that pic)

Hi dere

skies opened up within minutes of me getting home. would have been a bitch to hike from the Q in this.

and now... it's stopped?

Hello

I love all the storms this summer. To me this is what living on the East Coast (or not living on the West Coast because it is also a memory from the Midwest) is all about.

I have the AC on and blinds shut.

lasted five minutes

daer nyc pix plz

I ordered takeout, waited 15 minutes, went looking for my shoes to go get it, and then ... boom.

I love being inside with the AC on when it starts to thunder outside.

glass office towers are a somewhat disconcerting place from which to observe the furies of nature.

for a minute or two the rain was blowing up. then it started to around in big circles.

got to the radio station with two bags of records shortly before this minor thunderstorm eventtt. the lightning was nice, and some nice booming thunder, but it blew its load too early. i could have gone for a few more hours.

yeah by the time i got off work all was calm.

all the rain this summer has been pretty lame

what the fuck was that shit

Somebody tonight was telling me that there had been a tornado in Central Park. And that a hundred trees were felled. And that they were in a restaurant on a boat called the Frying Pan on the river looking at the lightning on the water and that the serving trays were flying around like playing cards, as thrown by Ricky Jay.

Well, I added the part about Ricky Jay but the rest they told me.

hundreds of trees

http://www.flickr.com/photos/americanfrog/sets/72157621960253551/

Oh yeah.

Just drove through hailstorm.

OTM

See the flash and the hear various thuds

Then

I’ve experienced rain coming through my bedroom ceiling five times in the last seven years. Heading home now to see if it’s happened again.

does everyone have a headache today

yes

Goddamnit yes is THAT why??

I'm additionally fighting off a cold but I am susceptible to any vague air-pressure based theories tbh, they have the ring of truth.

My sinuses always tell me when the weather’s a-changin

Rain now

Say please

yah just spent a couple minutes looking out our back window and appreciating the sound. bring it on i say.

its the best song in the world

Not too much precipitation at the moment but just experienced some kind of eerie rolling thunder

Yeah its

Er, it's been a drizzly morning, but feels like it's about to really open up. But given the heat wave, I think it's going to be one of those showers that doesn't really bring a sense that the world has been washed and pleasantly reset.

Good point

Got woken up by a good loud one at 5am but near Brighton beach UK not NY

fucking bullshit waking up to thunderstorm skies only to see it'll hit 93 (realfeel 98) in the afternoon

Ant believe there were no posts here in Thursday. That was insane.

this rain is not fucking around

Counterpoint from a DC visitor in town for a little vacation - this rain is kinda just fucking around, a bit.