Things you don't want to see when entering Boston!

There was a water main break at a major intersection near my parents' right when we got here. It opened a huge sinkhole and created a geyser that blocked the whole area for nearly 2 days. Of course a week earlier was the tunnel ceiling collapse that made national headlines and has closed parts of the highway tunnel system ever since. I joked that we now had to look out for things coming up out of the ground as well as things falling from the sky!

Anyway, coming into the city today we were moving semi-steadily (by Boston standards) through rush hour traffic on the Expressway when a police car with lights and sirens squeeked through. No biggie. A minute later was a fire truck. Now we were wondering what was up ahead. A minute later an ambulance sped into the tunnel and suddenly everything stopped. We were four car lengths from the tunnel when all of the overhead lights went red and we saw this . . .



Of all the signs folks fear in this area these days!!! Luckily it was only (!!) a car fire but we had to drive through the tunnel thick with foul-smelling smoke. Things that make you go hmmmm . . .