They’re the images you decided are worth way more than a thousand words: The most compelling, consequential or controversial local pictures of the past week, according to San Francisco’s Twitter users.
Hoodline analyzed Twitter data to find the images that most captured the city’s attention on the social media platform. We collected all tweets with images from users in the city, used our own methodology to calculate the most popular and ranked them according to local interest.
Last week’s storm was on a lot of minds. It caused headaches for drivers, as @DrewTumaABC7 captured in this video:
A LOT of water on SF streets today#StormWatch pic.twitter.com/GfVqsVGP5R
— Drew Tuma (@DrewTumaABC7) February 13, 2019
Meanwhile, @christies_nbc drove around the city until hitting this obstacle:
We’re not going any further. Street is flooded in SF. No cars headed this way. @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/uKWkiFQe7N
— Christie Smith (@christies_nbc) February 13, 2019
It even rained indoors. Witness @ben_kpix’s video from Embarcadero Center:
The heavy rain has caused an “Old Faithful” situation here at the Embarcadero center @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/98LHmqcTO2
— Ben Mitchell (@ben_kpix) February 13, 2019
What other images captured your attention on Twitter?
On Valentine’s Day, @sfgov circulated these images of City Hall weddings:
Love is in the air at City Hall's Valentine's Day Marriage Celebration! #HappyValentinesDay2019 #SF pic.twitter.com/FtrsNXA6WM
— City of SanFrancisco (@sfgov) February 15, 2019
And @kron4news tweeted these photos of a car whose owner was having a very bad day:
IS THIS YOUR CAR? Huge tree down on Dolores St. in SF. Crews are on scene https://t.co/HxfeOz6EIT pic.twitter.com/6H01qLQcnU
— KRON4 News (@kron4news) February 13, 2019
