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East Arlington Microburst
- sarahbrowngb, CNN iReport producer
E. Arlington MA, a late Wednesday severe weather event caused major damage to trees and power lines in the town of Arlington .
Some roads are impassable and some are barely so.
One resident I spoke to said she had been watching the forecast because of earlier tornado warnings for North of Boston and she said she saw no warning of severe weather heading in the town's general direction with only south of the city of nearby Boston having a severe weather warning in effect at the time the microburst hit.
She heard the wind beginning to pick up and then the noises outside get louder and louder and because of the earlier tornado warnings she thought it might have been so. She took shelter in her house as best she could. The wind and noise very quickly subsided but it wasn't until she went outside that she realized the damage it had caused, a fallen tree, narrowly missing her own car and laying precariously on the power lines outside the house opposite.
That seems to be the general story, no one injured but a lot of near misses, many trees uprooted, power lines down, road signs missing or twisted out of shape, and a long night ahead for cops, firemen and Dept. of Public Works crews. The sound of sirens and chainsaws can be heard all over the neighborhood. It will take a few days to get remotely back to normal.
A few pictures below but many more here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgmphoto/sets/72157630645637316/
**UPDATE**
Spoke to the owner of my local diner, The Broadway Diner, she said the devastation was equally as bad on the opposite side of Massachusetts Ave. The area towards Spy Pond was affected as badly if not more so than the Mystic River side with the streets leading towards Mass Ave. from the pond being the worst affected, she specifically mentioned Lake and Linwood St.'s being particularly bad and that in fact the microburst originated from that area of the pond and traveled through E. Arlington down to the river.
I toured the Spy Pond area after my conversation and though Lake St. is pretty clear now Linwood and its immediate surroundings are pretty bad with multiple trees down and the Minutemen bike path which runs in part along the pond blocked in both directions!
I also took a few more pics with a borrowed iPhone 4.
Crews are doing a fantastic job of getting the place cleared up, most of the roads in my neighborhood are clear now.
Here is the picture link, new pics at bottom of gallery
**UPDATE #2**
This belongs in the category "when life gives you lemons you make lemonade". I was driving down Mass. Ave. near my house this evening and spotted another uprooted tree, however this dwarfed any I had seen to this point, root system must have been 8 feet across. The tree itself had been removed only the roots and stump remained however in the process of falling over the tree had buckled the pavement up at a significant angle. This is where the lemonade part comes in, two kids on skateboards and one with a DIY video rig were using the buckled pavement as a mini skate ramp to video each other pulling tricks off of. With a good run up they were getting some serious air and pulling some neat tricks. There's always a silver lining. Additional proof here:
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