not to be a helicopter guy but seen from a distance there's been one hovering more or less over the BU bridge for a while now could be something on the pike but i wonder if we have our first storrowing of the season? // @universalhub.com
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i have learned a new bostonism today thanks to this post
aug 27, 2025, 6:19 pm • 3 0 • view
Same. New noun for me!
aug 28, 2025, 10:10 am • 0 0 • view
Hoping for that over the similarly common alternative (a body floating in the Charles)
aug 27, 2025, 6:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Helicopter been cruising around Roxbury too @stacos.bsky.social anything on the scanner?
aug 27, 2025, 6:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Same helicopter - it's WCVB's helicopter, they did six or so loops around the Alston-ish then went down to Dot and then up toward Bedford. (That's the only one around there in a while today...)
aug 27, 2025, 6:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Ah so joyriding
aug 27, 2025, 7:00 pm • 0 0 • view
It fits the symptoms of "bored traffic reporter" yeah.
aug 27, 2025, 7:01 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm always astonished at how much flight time local news here pays for.
aug 27, 2025, 7:01 pm • 2 0 • view
i think that maps directly to how shit the traffic is
aug 27, 2025, 7:02 pm • 0 0 • view
Other stuff too though; when the Blue Line had stuff happen at Aquarium a few weeks back all four of the local news helicopters circled the stop for hours... looking at the fire truck, I guess? It's like they didn't know it was underground. Same for the Karen Read verdict.
aug 27, 2025, 7:09 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 27, 2025, 7:21 pm • 1 0 • view
it did not occur to me to use flightradar! or flightaware? good call
aug 27, 2025, 6:59 pm • 2 0 • view
I used Airnoise so I knew it wasn't the State Police and assumed this was media airnoise.io
aug 27, 2025, 7:02 pm • 2 0 • view
Well, globe.adsb.fi in this case.
aug 27, 2025, 7:00 pm • 1 0 • view
I guess this is what I saw over Watertown on my way to work then
aug 27, 2025, 7:16 pm • 1 0 • view
Maybe, maybe not - flightaware says they took off at 2:22PM. But like... it's their third flight today, and all of the local news stations do pretty similar behavior to this every day.
aug 27, 2025, 7:25 pm • 0 0 • view
There was a news copter hovering over the intersection of Bridge and California St at around 9:30-ish
aug 27, 2025, 7:29 pm • 1 0 • view
counter: you should become a Helicopter Guy
aug 28, 2025, 1:32 pm • 1 0 • view
i do have 'helicopter ride' on my bucket list, so to speak. always kinda wanted to learn how to fly one, etc. but the number of replies etc this "maybe a storrowing?" post continues to generate has committed me to avoiding future mention of helicopters or our annual civic folly
aug 28, 2025, 2:00 pm • 1 0 • view
The two in that area (WBZ and WCVB) have been over Soldiers Field Road and the Arsenal area more (outside the typical Storrowing area).
aug 27, 2025, 6:35 pm • 0 0 • view
well now i'm just hoping they're not getting live shots of troops moving on harvard
aug 27, 2025, 6:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Thanks for sharing as I am in the Savin Hill Court end of Dorchester and I noticed it not just umpteen hours ago, but a few days ago as well and I was wondering WTF 🤬 My exboss the DonOLD is an idiotically insane tw@t🤷🏼♀️💦🙏🏻💙🇺🇸
aug 28, 2025, 12:19 pm • 0 0 • view
I wouldn't be surprised
aug 28, 2025, 12:57 pm • 0 0 • view
You know it is the beginning of September with this annual occurrence.
aug 28, 2025, 11:23 am • 1 0 • view
lol i love “storrowing”
aug 28, 2025, 6:27 pm • 0 0 • view
We are certainly overdue for one.
aug 28, 2025, 10:30 am • 1 0 • view