K ([info]ksnoodle) wrote in [info]b0st0n,
2010-04-05 22:22:00
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the Fens, the Fens, the Fens are on fire













Excitement! Bystanders just feet from the fire! 7 foot tall flames! Then it ran out of reeds, and the firemen watered it a bit.

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[info]ceo

April 6 2010, 02:35:31 UTC 2 years ago

Weren't those reeds completely underwater less than a week ago?!

(And dude, you don't need that enormous penistelephoto lens at that range.)

[info]ksnoodle

April 6 2010, 02:46:13 UTC 2 years ago

Funny you say that, since just yesterday I was at Jamaica Pond, and it's flooded out pretty well past its banks. So in two days for me, flooding-->fire.

(And yes - take that, telephoto-man, this is with my wimpy point-and-shoot!)

[info]clevernonsense

April 6 2010, 07:40:01 UTC 2 years ago

that looks like the older 28-300 professional zoom, which is a pretty standard eq for photojournalists. though this fella looks more wannabe :p

[info]mutiny

April 7 2010, 16:50:29 UTC 2 years ago

IT'S AN RPG! LIGHT EM UP!

[info]ron_newman

April 6 2010, 03:51:23 UTC 2 years ago

On Universal Hub, someone speculated that perhaps this fire was caused by a stray ember from last night's Fenway Park fireworks display? That perhaps it slowly and unobtrusively burned all night then erupted when the sun hit it?

[info]sup3rmark

April 8 2010, 05:37:03 UTC 2 years ago

"when the sun hit it" would've been aboooout 12 hours earlier. i walked past this literally 5 minutes before everyone started tweeting about it (to the point where i was very confused as to where this was actually happening) and all was fine. my guess is a stray cigarette butt.

[info]richips

April 6 2010, 04:20:32 UTC 2 years ago

what the fuck? put down yer cameras, put out the fire, i'd like to have a boston to come back to k thx bai

[info]ksnoodle

April 6 2010, 10:27:51 UTC 2 years ago

Go figure, the firefighters were much further down the river when these were taken, no one chased people away until the fire had already burned itself out (about 15 minutes after I took these).

[info]wombatbanana

April 6 2010, 11:13:29 UTC 2 years ago

Hm, James Taylor was born in Boston. Coincidence? I think not!

[info]lunarcamel

April 6 2010, 11:18:31 UTC 2 years ago

How, after the 90 feet of rain we got in March, can anything in this state currently be flammable?! Impressive.

[info]g_weir

April 6 2010, 12:14:09 UTC 2 years ago

The sight of a wall of flame and no official response is like traveling back to the 1800's. "Town's on fire! The police should keep people away!"
"Ah, anyone who doesn't know enough to stay away from a fire will learn right quick. Besides, the police are drunk."

[info]jpallan

April 6 2010, 16:16:20 UTC 2 years ago

Sounds totally acceptable to me. Wait, in this town, that may still be true.

[info]naroclie

April 6 2010, 15:52:52 UTC 2 years ago

Don't they burn the reeds every couple years to promote new growth?

[info]naroclie

April 6 2010, 15:56:13 UTC 2 years ago

And by promote new growth I mean try to get the anonymous gay hookups under control.

[info]jpallan

April 6 2010, 16:16:53 UTC 2 years ago

San Francisco has Golden Gate Park for this — can't we show a little more finesse?

[info]skoll_swallows

April 6 2010, 23:32:35 UTC 2 years ago

And by they, you mean God.

[info]sup3rmark

April 8 2010, 05:37:25 UTC 2 years ago

either way i figured it had something to do with stray butts.

STRAY BUTTS. GET IT?

[info]tlnsoccer

April 11 2010, 05:20:56 UTC 2 years ago

wow dude i cant believe u saw that! crazy!
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