Spanning the Web

Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment.

At this point, we’d look into renting: A Danvers family whose house was destroyed in a 2006 explosion lost their replacement home when it fell off a truck. [WBZ]

Don’t worry, it’s probably not the apocalypse: Forecasters say we may be in for some severe thunderstorms this afternoon. [Boston.com]

Would you call a condo that requires a $400,000 deposit affordable? Neither would the state’s high court, which told Hingham it can’t count the units toward its stock of affordable housing. [Patriot Ledger]

The very thought of New Jersey doing anything better than us makes us queasy: Yet another survey says Massachusetts drivers aren’t the worst of them all. This time, the dubious honor goes to the Garden State. [WCVB]

And here’s what Bostonista and Chowder have for you.

Babs! We got to meet Barbara Walters.

Alligator and mac and cheese: It’s all the news that’s fit to eat.