{"id":138,"date":"2005-08-02T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2005-08-02T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/08\/02\/greased-lightning\/"},"modified":"2005-08-02T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2005-08-02T15:01:13","slug":"greased-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/08\/02\/greased-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"Greased Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The western half of the state was in a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 11PM last night. The Boston area was not covered in that watch. Yet nearly 2 hours after the watch expired, HUGE thunderstorms popped up in Boston.<\/P>
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I was jolted from bed around 12:30 in the morning with one loud crack. It was followed by a few more. I finally rolled over and opened my eyes and my apartment kept lighting up every few seconds. It was too loud to sleep through so I got up and went into the living room to sit on the sofa and look out the window. <\/P>
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It was a pretty impressive storm. For about 25 minutes or so the whole sky seemed like it was constantly lit up. Then as quickly as it started, it stopped. I went back to bed and woke up at 7AM to hear the news reports of quite a few house strikes in the Boston area.<\/P>
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Ironically, just days ago I was complaining to friends that we hadn’t had any good thunderstorms this summer. Last night’s storm also made me realize something. This was the first big middle-of-the-night thunderstorm Boston has had this year (beside that one single clap of thunder that woke me out of bed a month or so ago). Although I’m not afraid of the thunder\/lightning, there is something about a night storm that makes me crave somebody to cuddle. It’s one of those things I like to share with another person. I guess I wouldn’t say it’s romantic…it just seems to create a moment.<\/P>
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But now that it’s morning and the moment is over – I’m perfectly content with my singledom!<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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