Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. The unpredictability of spring in St. Louis continues. A storm is moving through the St. Louis area today with a heavy dose of small hail. Here are photos and videos shared by the hail-struck. Hail!! https://t.co/xgRoYicmLS — Hypnotic Dragon (@HypnoticDragon) May 15, 2014 @NWSStLouis pea size hail in St.… Continue reading 8 hail photos from Thursday’s storm
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. In St. Louis, weather is a social media event. Tweets immediately pick up at the first sign of change, whether that’s rain, hail, snow or sun. #STLWX is widely used to tag those tweets. The WX abbreviation can be traced back to the days of the telegraph. Here’s a… Continue reading Follow the latest weather tweets
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. What happens when the lights go out at a digital conference? Participants tweet about it, and stick to the schedule. No power doesn't stop us digital folks…. #batteries #allchargedup #umsldigital pic.twitter.com/S6e3Axcysc — Marisa Lather (@VogueRhythm) April 2, 2014 Wednesday’s State of Digital Media Marketing conference featured speakers from several… Continue reading No lights, no problem for digital conference
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. A shift in the weather always leads to weather tweets. (I love ‘em.) Here are a few hail and flood photos from Wednesday’s storms. Riverview shut down #stlwx copyrighted photo St. Louis Post-Dispatch pic.twitter.com/xvmNokdvCt — David Carson (@PDPJ) April 2, 2014 Only in STL – De Smet Jesuit's campus… Continue reading Oh, hail: Photos from Wednesday’s storm
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. An accident on eastbound Interstate 70 near Warrenton closed the highway overnight and stranded dozens of drivers. Among them was travel consultant Kevin Dern, who tweeted his experience. Dern and his wife were returning to St. Louis from the True/False Film Fest in Columbia, Mo., and were about a… Continue reading Stranded on I-70: Traveler tweets his 8-hour delay