On Saturday afternoon, at about 4:30 in the afternoon, story and photo by Dowbrigade.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of our favorite theories of the inevitability of Blogging holds that eventually, whenever something noteworthy or memorable happens in the world there will be a blogger nearby to witness and record. Well, Saturday it was our turn, and although … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/treetor.jpg\")
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\n of our favorite theories of the inevitability of Blogging holds that
\n eventually, whenever something noteworthy or memorable happens in the
\n world there will be a blogger nearby to witness and record. Well, Saturday
\n it was our turn, and although it’s not the kind of news we find at all
\n compelling, there was<\/em> a CBS satelite uplink broadcasting van parked
\n in front of our house for most of the day yesterday, so we feel obligated
\n to at least mention the incident.<\/p>\n
\n on the leading edge of a cold front sweeping across the region from West
\n to East, our neighborhood in Watertown, MA was hit by intense, high winds
\n of short duration. Judging from our days as a Navy meteorologist
\n at McMurdo Station near the South Pole, we would estimate the gusts
\n at upward of 65 mph. The wind tore up trees, blocked the streets, damaged
\n homes,
\n and
\n tore
\n half the roof off of the cupola of St. Stephens, an Armenian Church on
\n the corner, which is why the network trucks showed up. Fortunately, no
\n one was hurt.<\/p>\n