{"id":6221,"date":"2009-08-21T16:12:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T20:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=6221"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:30:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:30:09","slug":"storm-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/08\/21\/storm-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The storms that rocked Toronto yesterday were wild. I rushed home from the Spacing office to avoid getting drenched and arrived just in time to take a series of photos of the approahcing menace. The following images were taken <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mattblackett\/sets\/72157600787931330\/\">on my balcony<\/a> looking west from Jameson and Lake Shore. Click on the photos to see a larger version on Flickr.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mattblackett\/3841522050\/sizes\/o\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"storm by Matthew Blackett\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2600\/3841522050_bb1f66362d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Storm approaching from the west. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mattblackett\/3841520950\/sizes\/o\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"storm by Matthew Blackett\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3495\/3841520950_7c809832ee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>About 5 minutes after storm ended.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mattblackett\/3841521672\/sizes\/o\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"storm by Matthew Blackett\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3462\/3841521672_b65be8809d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Sunset, about one hour after storm.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BlogTO has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2009\/08\/massive_storm_hits_toronto_tornados_reported_across_gta\/\">great post with videos of a tornado<\/a> in Vaughan (and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2009\/08\/extensive_tornado_damage_in_vaughan\/\">follow-up post<\/a> of aerial photos), while Torontoist <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2009\/08\/tornado_gallery.php\">has a post showing off<\/a> some excellent local photography of the storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The storms that rocked Toronto yesterday were wild. 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