The winter of 2015: 3 weeks, 4 storms and 75 inches of snow
Digging out in West Roxbury, MA.
By Matt Carroll <@MattatMIT>
The snow piles at the end of my driveway are eight-feet high. I have swollen ice dams on my roof. My deck might collapse if another pound of white stuff lands there.
Oh, and the weatherman is telling us to expect another 4–8 inches of snow tomorrow, and possibly a major snowstorm on Sunday.
It’s Feb. 13, and the apocalyptic Winter of 2015 shows no sign of letting up.
I’d be worried, if I wasn’t having so much fun. Let’s face it: If the weather is going to be bad, it should be so bad that you know you’ll have fun talking about it for the next 30 years.
… and it’s the Lost Legion of Bikes in Cambridge, MA
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Matthew Carroll lives in West Roxbury and works for the MIT Media Lab, where he runs the Future of News initiative. He often writes about hackathons, such as avideo news hack in New York or an Al Jazeera-sponsored event. He can be followed @MattatMIT. He writes fiction under the name of Sean Patrix.
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