February 15, 2014 snowstorm
Feb 152014
Aug 062013
Very cool sky from the patio at Google in NYC.
Jun 032013
Jun 282012
WABC posted an amazing video of lightning striking the water feet away from a tugboat.
[Thanks to the Working Harbor Committee for the video link]
Aug 282011
Aug 282011
I walked down to DUMBO this morning. It looks like the East River came up into the park, but by the time I got there the river had settled a bit. The current was very strong; it looked like it was almost boiling with whitecaps on the top. I stitched together a bunch of photos; click through the image to see it at Gigapan.
[Updated: added better version of panoramic photo.]
Aug 282011
Hurricane Irene has all but left the New York area. It wasn’t as bad as it could have been. There is a cloud suspended over the Brooklyn Bridge, but the East River looks calm.
Anne stayed overnight since the South Street Seaport was flooded. I woke up early this morning to make brunch.
Waffles, Mountain Sweet Berry Farm strawberries, cherries, Champagne, coffee, and bacon (U.S. and Canadian).
Aug 272011
Patti and I have stocked up with a ton of food and such for Hurricane Irene. One of our friends is already staying with us since the city evacuated her neighborhood. Feel free to reach out to me if you need a place to stay. There is a useful evacuation map if you’re not sure if you have to evacuate: http://www.civiguard.com/irene/. Also, Con Ed is starting to tell people that they will be shutting down power to selected parts of lower Manhattan preëmptively.
Dec 312009
Unfortunately, it’s already starting to turn to rain….
Sep 152009
Earlier this summer on July 26, some huge storms whipped through the New York City area. I was at home when one of them came through. Later, tornadoes were reported in Staten Island and Brooklyn; I think I saw a funnel cloud in DUMBO as well.
This is the view from my window of J Condo in DUMBO shortly before the storm began. If you look to the left of the tower, you can see an odd discoloration in the sky.
I took the liberty of enhancing the photo to emphasize what may have been a weak funnel cloud.
As the sky grew stranger and stranger, I decided to go up to the roof of my building to take a look at the view. A family of four was there. Shortly after they arrived we heard huge thunderclaps. The dad said that was that and after dragging the kids away from the metal kitchen vent pipes they went downstairs. I stayed up for around five or ten more minutes. However, I was also freaked out by the loud thunderclaps directly above my head and practically ran inside.
Shortly after returning downstairs, the heavens let loose a torrent of water. A friend of mine was driving in Manhattan at the time, and described having to pull over to avoid the wall of water coming down the street. As you can see from the photo, it was impossible to see Manhattan from my apartment.
Less than 15 minutes after the rain started to fall the storm abruptly ended. If you were to look at the sky it was like nothing had happened at all.