I live in a town right outside of Boston and tonight there was a CRAAAAAZY storm.
Craziest storm of my LIFE besides the Syracuse Labor Day Storm of 1998.
It was likely a microburst (very similar to a tornado)!
I missed being caught outside in it by mere minutes and I feel so lucky to have made it home in time.
I didn’t even get a chance to shut all my windows before the rain literally started coming in through the windows sideways. There was water all over the floor in the dining room and in our front sunroom, too. To look out the windows it seemed as if you were going through a car wash. Not only were the windows completely drenched in what seemed like BUCKETS of water being poured down all at once, the wind was blowing so hard they were rattling up a storm. And the ceiling started dripping water!
All of that seriously happened in under 2 mintues.
That’s it.
About 2 minutes and this is the damage to my neighborhood…
That last picture is Mass Ave, the main road in my town. It’s four lanes across and there were fallen trees blocking almost the entire width.
!!!!!
I am SO thankful that our house had no tree damage and our cars and power lines are safe, too. But I’d say we were one of the few lucky ones.
In talking to the neighbors it seems that everyone is safe and no one got hurt.
Zan was driving home from work when this happened (there was only rain where he was) and Meg was in Boston babysitting late. I was alone and scared, and pretty much freaking out during the whole two minutes (which felt more like 10), but more than anything am just happy to be safe and dry, now.
Just so thankful to be SAFE!
