So How about That Lightning Storm in Boston, Huh?
Can we just get a round of applause for Mother Nature real quick?
Skyline photo by Jonathan Berk | Fenway photo by Brie Marie D
Wow, man.
This week’s vicious, punishing heatwave came to a dramatic conclusion on Wednesday night with some of the loudest, most beautiful, and most batshit lightning this city has seen in quite some time. There was lightning coursing through the Boston skyline, illuminating the sky over Fenway Park with a dark majesty that fans of classic horror could appreciate, and even zapping a fireworks show in Somerville with supercharged pre-Independence Day energy. And thanks to the fact that the heaviest of the rainfall had ended by then, there were plenty of smartphone-armed locals out there to capture it all on video.
Then to cap it all off, we were treated to a double rainbow enveloping much of the horizon. Great stuff.
Let’s review:
Amazing.
It’s lit #fenway #RedSox pic.twitter.com/cTsio4lrug
— Bri Marie D (@Brimaried) July 1, 2021
Lightning over Fenway! #mawx #boston #fenway @NWSBoston @WX1BOX @WxManAJB @MattNBCBoston @MichaelPageWx @weatherchannel @WeatherNation @KevinBoston25 pic.twitter.com/VKP4ZKsyHm
— A.J. Mastrangelo (@AJ_Mast_WX) July 1, 2021
Look at that.
The lightning over Kenmore Square last night.
— Only In Boston (@OnlyInBOS) July 1, 2021
Boston fireworks lightning via @bravowbz pic.twitter.com/2ZCm3OEC2R
— AndreaWBZ (@AndreaWBZ) July 1, 2021
Oh yes.
And in local weather news #boston #weather #lightning @universalhub @WCVB @OnlyInBOS @7News @boston25 pic.twitter.com/sZEMQHp62L
— SutherLabs (@sutherlabs) July 1, 2021
I mean, come on.
One more from last night’s #Boston area lightning show. I shot this one from Winthrop. @NBC10Boston photo. pic.twitter.com/T1wZ6J09g4
— Mark Garfinkel (@pictureboston) July 1, 2021
The lightning from this latest round of storms has been so cool to watch from the @wbznewsradio newsroom #mawx pic.twitter.com/EobVeMHpcn
— Nichole Davis (@NicholeDWBZ) July 1, 2021
Unreal.
@7News @WCVB @boston25 Fireworks with a side of lightning in Somerville tonight! pic.twitter.com/ivrX1f9tWQ
— MamabearCS (@CsMamabear) July 1, 2021
And the pièce de résistance:
Double rainbow all the way across @fenwaypark pic.twitter.com/ZEIrpuvLwu
— Nick Grace (@NickGracePhoto) June 30, 2021
Hell yes.
