Tropical Storm Irene hits Somerville

Yesterday Irene struck Somerville, Massachusetts and the rest of New England. Although it was just a tropical storm (not a hurricane as everyone predicted), it still caused a fair amount of damage. Here are some pictures I took in Somerville during the late afternoon.

A damaged car on Murdock Street

A snapped tree on Broadway (near Trum Field)

A fallen tree on Hall Avenue

We didn’t lose power at our Cedar Street apartment, but folks in Magoun Square did. Inside Olde Magoun’s Saloon staff were sitting in the dark, and across Medford Street (around Status Boutique, Marcelino’s Exotic Birds and Churrasco) a generator was running.

About these ads

Explore posts in the same categories: Bad news, Cedar Street, Natural disasters, Outdoors, Somerville, Weather

Tags: broadway, car, damage, hall, irene, Massachusetts, murdock, Somerville, trees, tropical storm

You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site.