About three weeks ago New England was hit by a really bad storm that caused lots of flooding. Then a week ago we were hit again. I don't know how much rain we got on the first storm, but on the second we got 5-6" in 48 hours. Fortunately, our apartment has an underground pump to get rid of water below the foundation. It is also far enough away from the near-by river that we didn't have to worry about flooding. However, our next door neighbors apparently had some water damage that required them to replace their carpets. A couple miles away there was lots of homes whose basements were flooded. Many were hit hard by the first storm (reported here) and then again by the second. This is what happened to one family:
I think people were better prepared for the second storm, but many of the people still had bad flooding during the second storm because there was so much rain. Apparently following the second storm, the fire department would only come help pump out your basement if it had more than 4 feet of water in it. That gives you an idea of the magnitude and scale of the flooding.
On a more personal note, I like to go running along the near-by river. Knowing that it was flooded and interested in seeing how high it was, I decided to run my standard route even if the path was under water. Sure enough, many stretches of the path were under water, and at its deepest, it was under probably 18" of water. Normally the water is well below the path. It was very impressive!
After all that rain we now are having 70 degree weather!
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