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I left work an hour earlier than I’d intended to today, since the news on the radio was broadcasting a “severe thunderstorm alert” for the Boston area until 8 pm, warning of frequent lightning, violent and destructive winds, and hail.<\/p>\n

Well. It had rained for about 15 minutes BEFORE I heard about the thunderstorm alert. But I didn’t encounter any rain at all on the bike ride home, and by 6 or 7 the sun was coming out again.<\/p>\n

I was trying to be safe, since the wooded bike path can be quite dangerous in heavy winds and lightning. But I guess weather forecasters have taken to hyping potential summer thunderstorms the same way they treat oncoming winter blizzards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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