A reader (and personal friend of WBN) sent us two pictures of a 10-foot alligator removed today from a lake in the Shores at Boca Raton. The neighborhood is just north of South County Regional Park, at the west end of Yamato Road. We believe it was one of the interior lakes.
Here’s another shot of the gator as it’s being pulled out.
And here are more photos from two readers:
We’re now told the actual measurement was 9.9 feet.
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The West Boca Tornado – Photos
Update – A reader sent us a video of the tornado:
Several readers sent us photos of yesterday’s tornado in West Boca. We’ve assembled the best of them here. The picture at top is taken from Cain Boulevard (runs west of 441 from Boca Chase down to Glades).
It is our normal practice to keep readers anonymous when they submit tips or photos to us, unless they request credit or to be identified. None of them asked so for now they’re anonymous.
Here’s a shot from Mission Bay:
From South County Regional Park:
The image quality isn’t great, but this one was from near West Boca High looking over the Everglades:
The next two had no location identified:
From Saturnia Isles:
And here’s our favorite. We like it because the sign seems odd in the context of the tornado:
A couple readers sent us videos but we weren’t able to get them to work. Hopefully they’ll resend them to [email protected].
Free Concert Saturday at Sunset Cove
Our friends at Sunset Cove Amphitheater remind us that they’re having a free concert on Saturday. On The Roxx is a tribute band that does 80s music. Here’s a short video from the. A longer one is at the bottom.
And they just let us know there’ll be at least one food truck – Bobby G’s Drivin Diner.
Lawn chairs and blankets are permitted. Did we mention the concert is free? Sunset Cove Amphitheater is in South County Regional Park.
Here’s the event “poster” – it says 7-9 pm. We’ve inquired to see what time the doors open.
Here’s the longer video:
Car Burglaries in Lakes at Boca Raton
A reader contacted us:
There have been numerous amounts of auto break ins in the lakes of Boca Raton neighborhood. Please if you can write a post about people making sure their cars are locked since there has been a large amount of car break-ins. they seem to be always stealing electronics but leaving radar detectors sunglasses etc.
The Lakes at Boca Raton is just north of Yamato on both sides of Cain Blvd, which is east of US-441.
We’ve heard similar stories in the past about car break-ins in nearby South County Regional Park.
We contacted the Sheriff’s office to see if they had any comment. Here’s what they had to say:
Deputies Remind Residents to “Lock It or Lose It”
Over the last few weeks the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has been experiencing an increase in vehicle burglaries occurring in various neighborhoods in PBC. Many of the burglaries have been occurring due to owners forgetting to lock their vehicles.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind you to:
· Do not leave valuables in plain view
· (GPS, lap tops, PDA’s, cell phones and purses)
· Do not leave windows open
· Do not leave doors unlocked
· Do not leave the keys inside the vehicle
· Do not leave out items with personal information
· Do not move valuable items to the trunk while in public view
July 4th Photos
Several readers sent us photos from July 4th, with gorgeous sunsets and also storm photos. Some were from sunset shots from Sunset Cove Amphitheater in South County Regional Park, like the one above and the next three.
Please note that with most photos you may be able to see them better if you click on them, depending on what kind of device or computer you’re using to read this.
We also found this beautiful photo from that event, of young love. Though some of our Facebook fans had more cynical comments.
There was another sunset photo from Palmetto Pines:
We also had some storm and cloud photos, like these two:
That one was from yesterday. And below is from today:
