― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Friday, 11 August 2006 02:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Maria :D (Maria D.), Friday, 11 August 2006 02:05 (seventeen years ago) link
until i glanced out the window and noticed it was rather dark for 7:30
and just as i finished asking a coworker "so is that sunset dark, or clouds dark" BOOM the lightning
― nervous (cochere), Friday, 11 August 2006 04:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 11 August 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 11 August 2006 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link
it's like Close Encounters out there
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I just came to revive. WTF?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 01:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Rain but it sounds like hail.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 01:48 (fifteen years ago) link
lol i decided i could brave throwing the trash out (literally 3 ft from my door) and got completely soaked in 2.5 seconds.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 01:51 (fifteen years ago) link
WUH BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
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)
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 02:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― aimurchie, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 08:00 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― m coleman, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:47 (fifteen years ago) link
again! i love thunderstorms!
― tehresa, Saturday, 14 June 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Some pretty freaky moments.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Saturday, 14 June 2008 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, no thunder yet today but...
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:30 (fifteen years ago) link
These thunderstrms have been insane lately
― burt_stanton, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link
OK, there it goes.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:34 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.floridalightning.com/files/Supercell_Thunderstorm.jpg
― gabbneb, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
weather people concede that "the clouds were rotating" though no tornadic activity transpired
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I am so glad I don't live with you. That's scary. Plus your weather people need to be ousted.
― aimurchie, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
what it actually looked like - http://gothamist.com/2008/06/17/early_addition_33.php
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
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!
― m coleman, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 00:25 (fifteen years ago) link
more like how it looked - http://gothamist.com/2008/06/18/weather_on_hold.php
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Damn clouds, how can you catch a backyard tan in this weather?
― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
could be worse
http://media.gatewaync.com/wsj/photos/2008/06/14/floods.jpg
― dan m, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
tehresa, watch the next one from the upper deck of Shea Stadium like I did Saturday night.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i love how everyone is bitching and/or scared but TZA is all YAY!!
― sunny successor, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i regret that i have never seen a tornado. perhaps you misunderstood.
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
-- Dr Morbius, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:27 PM (Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:27 PM) Bookmark Link
pls to invite me next time!!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll wave to you guys as I'm riding down Northern Boulevard.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
the view out my office window onto the hudson is kind of awesome when accompanied by lightning flashes!
― tehresa, Monday, 11 August 2008 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
HAIL
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 11 August 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i haven't turned the lights on yet... maybe i'll just sit in the dark and sleep all day.
― tehresa, Monday, 11 August 2008 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
pics!
― Ste, Monday, 11 August 2008 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― tehresa, Monday, 11 August 2008 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
(there is less visibility now than when i took that pic)
― tehresa, Monday, 11 August 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Hi dere
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 March 2009 00:35 (fifteen years ago) link
skies opened up within minutes of me getting home. would have been a bitch to hike from the Q in this.
― ian, Monday, 30 March 2009 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link
and now... it's stopped?
― ian, Monday, 30 March 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks! I had checked gothamist earlier this morning before that was up
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Monday, 2 May 2022 17:19 (two years ago) link
started hummin’ songs from 1962
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 May 2022 21:47 (two years ago) link
Ain’t it funny
― Wile E. Is President (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 May 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
Under severe watch but right now still the calm before, I guess.
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 May 2022 19:42 (two years ago) link
HI DERE
― Magical Misery Tour Spiel (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 June 2022 03:02 (one year ago) link
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much sustained lightning. Just hours of lightning.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 2 June 2022 03:06 (one year ago) link
No storm other than a drizzle, just an f-ton of fireworks going off.
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 January 2023 05:17 (one year ago) link
nice
― mookieproof, Sunday, 13 August 2023 06:36 (nine months ago) link
Seconded
― No Zing Compares 2 HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 August 2023 06:39 (nine months ago) link
Warning: strobe lighting in use.
― No Zing Compares 2 HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 13 August 2023 06:42 (nine months ago) link
Was trippy
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Sunday, 13 August 2023 11:46 (nine months ago) link
Yeah that was nuts! An exciting consolation prize for not getting to see the perseids
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 13 August 2023 20:20 (nine months ago) link
Heard this shit
― calstars, Sunday, 13 August 2023 22:15 (nine months ago) link
Oh baby
― ian, Friday, 29 September 2023 12:12 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUh4K26pFs4
― Dose of Thunderwords (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 September 2023 12:35 (seven months ago) link
FUCKING INSANE.
Posted some stories from my walk to kid's school. Last time it flooded like this in Woodside, cars were literally being picked up and tossed down the street. I was tempted to go back home but I have a meeting today at my shop and had left my computer there so couldn't work from home anyway. It's just a few blocks but I got absolutely drenched. Definitely shouldn't have worn sneakers. It's really really bad out there.
― dan selzer, Friday, 29 September 2023 12:38 (seven months ago) link
I was already planning to go in to work late but if this keeps up I may bail entirely. I love a good storm but that is s but much
― ian, Friday, 29 September 2023 12:46 (seven months ago) link
INSANE: This video was taken inside an @MTA bus on 18th Avenue and 60 Street in Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/h3dpsOy2hG— NYScanner (@nyscanner) September 29, 2023
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 September 2023 14:05 (seven months ago) link
Bonus points for Yiddish!
― Dose of Thunderwords (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 September 2023 14:39 (seven months ago) link
i think it's about time we give the fdr back to the east river
Pack a life jacket for the FDR. #NYC #Flood pic.twitter.com/okYztiklAd— David Lennon (@DPLennon) September 29, 2023
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Friday, 29 September 2023 15:42 (seven months ago) link
state of emergency declared by Hochul
― calstars, Friday, 29 September 2023 15:44 (seven months ago) link
the gowanus is amongus
New York City emergency officials have issued a travel advisory as heavy rain and flooding hits https://t.co/E30q97yK2O pic.twitter.com/xw1EgGvXmM— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 29, 2023
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 September 2023 16:19 (seven months ago) link
Just got an email from BAM, calling off the screening of Stop Making Sense we were gonna go to tonight. Flooding down the house!
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Friday, 29 September 2023 17:52 (seven months ago) link
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 29 September 2023 17:57 (seven months ago) link
Water’s flowing underground but rapidly accumulating above ground
― Josefa, Friday, 29 September 2023 18:00 (seven months ago) link
There is water at the bottom of the bus
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Friday, 29 September 2023 18:11 (seven months ago) link
hope everyone is ok, tiktok is showing rivers in the streets
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 29 September 2023 18:40 (seven months ago) link
Had houseguests who were supposed to drive upstate today but turned around after less than a mile due to floating cars.
― ian, Friday, 29 September 2023 18:45 (seven months ago) link
a little under six inches in central park since midnight
just under two inches between 10-11am alone
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 September 2023 19:06 (seven months ago) link
Water dissolving and water removing
― Dose of Thunderwords (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 September 2023 19:08 (seven months ago) link
never seen anything like that in my life. quite the school run.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 30 September 2023 03:07 (seven months ago) link
Really glad I no longer live in a basement in Park Slope. Hope everyone's ok.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 30 September 2023 14:37 (seven months ago) link
Yeah I was thinking about the basement apartment dwellers especially in the areas where the water rise was over the sidewalk level
― calstars, Saturday, 30 September 2023 15:16 (seven months ago) link
It’s especially bad considering how many basement apts are illegal and how many are the homes for undocumented people.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 1 October 2023 02:05 (seven months ago) link
I walked around in wb/gp today and the aftermath seems blessedly less terrible than I expected
― calstars, Sunday, 1 October 2023 02:18 (seven months ago) link
Some day a real rain, etc.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 1 October 2023 04:44 (seven months ago) link
The Real Rain Roxanne
― Dose of Thunderwords (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 October 2023 18:17 (seven months ago) link
dried out by now I hope
― | (Latham Green), Tuesday, 31 October 2023 13:30 (six months ago) link
LFG
― calstars, Tuesday, 9 January 2024 21:08 (four months ago) link
Plumber has been trying to diagnose a long-standing leak over here, punched a hole in our wall just in time for this storm and now there is some kind of spray behind the plastic they put up over the hole which is leaking slowly onto the floor, feels like maybe is something draining from the roof.
― The Glittering Worldbuilders (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 23:20 (four months ago) link