Monday in The Borough

Monday, Monday. I realized that for the short time I've been writing this blog, even though I've focused on things and places in The Borough - that I seem to be very fixated on the weather. This comes as no surprise to anyone who knows me and my obsession with the radar.

The weather can determine and define so much about how we live our lives - it is more than just an integral part of our lives - it is the force that defines what we do, how we do it and most importantly what we wear.

Over the weekend - storms rocked us up here in The Borough. I did manage to catch a shot of lightning (see picture). I've noticed over the last few months that the weather patterns and geography of The Borough, 9 times out of 10 - storms that come from the west don't make it here - on the night in question lightning and storms - part of a larger front that tore off the roofs of houses in Maine, missed Brooklyn altogether. It seems more obvious that its possible when you look at how Brooklyn juts out into New York Harbor that it sits on water - on 2 sides at least......when this happens it just gets gross and sticky here amd I can see the storms off in the distance. Some may call that lucky - especially if you've been through a bad storm and have flooding or wind damage - but I yearn for the break in the heat and I like storms. I get excited by thunder and lightning.

I'm not fooled by a short term weather pattern, it's not global warming or a drastic change in weather, it is just the first time I've noticed this pattern. We get plenty of rain and storms, certainly no drought in The Borough - but the cycle this summer has been one where the storms are coming from a front moving east, that they break up over New Jersey or divide - with storms moving over land (and over Westchester and Connecticut - parts of Connecticut have really had a rough summer) and the rest hitting the northern Jersey shore line. Even storms that come from the NW seem to miss us as well. New York City covers such a large area that it is not unheard of for it to be raining on the upper east side and sunny in The Borough.

Ah well - I can always look forward to a nice Nor'easter coming through.