You know what. I would RATHER HAVE SNOW!!!
I can deal with the snow. 3, 4WDs, a self propelled snowblower and a 4WD bucket loader tractor.

This non-stop s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g up water in the basement SUCKS!! 37 years at this house and 3 times in the last 3 weeks. Never had a drop before.

Had a smidgen of water once, I now have an inch and rising.

Just emptied the rain gauge (it was full): 5" last 24hrs for Brockton.

Shelby Scott would be hangin onto the flagpole!!

one more for the musically challenged, like lovers of RAP:)

YouTube - Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Todays forcast: "Wind Driven Rain"

just heard on the news.

Let up a little ... bracing for the next wave ...

YouTube - The Doors - Riders on the Storm (original album version) - Music Video

$@@$%%^&**&^$$@$^&(_)(*&^&%$@!$$%^%&&*^$%^^%&^&^&* %^*&**&*(())_))(*&^$#@@%&**&&^&*:fury::fury::fury: :fury::fury::fury::fury:

don;t take 24 to aquidneck, you can't get back off. the sakonnet bridge is shut down northbound

24 N is also closed at presidents ave.

Here on the Blackstone it's now over the banks and coming into the parking lot of the complex. One more foot and it will be coming into the entrances and down into the basement like it did a few years ago.

When it recedes the trees are full of plastic shopping bags that are there for a season or two. Doesn't look nice.

I am gonna build an ark


I had to build a levee to keep water from getting to my fishing room, it held so far but it's about to go over the top :wall:

no pumps available anywhere:smash::fury::wall:
I should have seen this coming

Constant hard rain here. No let up at all , just keeps pouring down hard and constant.

My cellar is OK unless I lose power , then I'm screwed. Pump just keeps running day and night.

the manhole covers down the hill from Coddington Brewery are elevated by the water pressure underneath. spraying up about a foot through the vent holes.

septic system is completely flooded and rendered useless right now. Ground is like a sponge. Start peeing outside, I'm sure my daughter and wife will luv that. I called and they told me I was 300th call today, I figured that. Cellar is wet but am able to keep up with it every 15 minutes. I actually think it is raining harder. WTF.

Rain King:

YouTube - Counting Crows - Rain King/Thunder Road live Summer 2007 Springsteen cover

Looks like the rain line is rapidly moving NORTH...end is in sight for the torrential stuff.:uhuh:

RI Road Closure List as of 2PM:
http://www.necn.com/pages/landing/?b...medium=twitter

MA Road Closure List as of 2PM:
http://www.necn.com/03/30/10/Road-cl...99&feedID=4206

The year that the Kenmore Station got flooded, I was living in Arlington on Mass Ave. There was a stretch of Mass Ave, just after the high school, that was bordered by hills coming down from Rte 2.

We had about 3-4 feet of water in our basement, and a foot of water on Mass Ave, with the manhole covers spraying water like a water fountain.
The only good thing was that my roommate and I had nothing of value in the basement.

As for the snow equivilent, there would be more structural damage from snow, with trees and roofs falling down. That doesn't diminish the comparative cost that the water damage will create.
You'd be screwed either way.

Slowing down now ,,, hope thats it .. Now the days of drying out and mold patrol again .. :smash:

I remember. I was living Brookline/Brighton and taking Green Line right through Kenmore...


From 4" in basement down to 1

We live on the north side of the Sakonnet river bridge in Tiverton, it's all ledge, nobody has had a decent leech for the past two months...

-spence

thats why the road is flooded with hershey bars

:rotf2:

You should see our backyard :yak5:

A few weeks ago I had ours pumped as it was overflowing, had been a few years so it was time anyway. The water was a steady flow from the leech field back to the main chamber when it was emptied.

:yak5:

-spence

you couldn't get off the island from about 0700-1500 on 24

On the bright side, this will be a boost to the slumping remodeling/construction industry !