I grew up in Cambridge and spent many adult years there but I have a really difficult time going near cities now.
12 years in W MA has lowered my crowds and traffic tolerance.
Poet’s Seat Tower in Greenfield is a great spot to watch severe roll in. You can drive right up the hill to the tower so it’s very accessible on short notice and the views are killer looking West.
Yup. We surrounded by big white pines and with some fine local river swimming, it doesn't make sense to mess with a pool. Just like with XC skiing, pool recreation has good years and bad years.
I've been fortunate enough with timing to have had 6 or 7 sightings in the past 10 years. In the spring we had a juvenile in our yard two mornings in a row. Fun to watch.
I was in a supermarket parking lot in Sarasota Florida, about 20 years ago and this group of teenagers, walked up to me and asked, “are you the singer from the Spin Doctors?”
My GF laughed and I just kind of stared at them with a furrowed brow.
You know. Weather extremes are fun for the hobbyist but there are a lot of folks getting hurt by it.
I have a lot of friends who rely on non-anomalous weather for their livelihood.
As @STILL N OF PIKE mentioned, news organizations are not legally obliged to run truthful stories. I take most reporting with a grain of salt unless I can find multiple sources. Twitter is not a complete cesspool in so much as there are still some real journalists making on the ground reports.