ORIGINAL: blizard05
Boating season is upon us, and the ponds are full,let the fun begin Larry
Who are you kidding Larry - Ponds are not full - they are flooding!!! All the towns around me are in a state of emergency - and I have my Mother in law here because she cannot get to her house tonight - now that is a desperate situation.
Believe the RI guys have been running a couple of times at Kilvert. I have been trying to get there.
Storm brings historic flooding to Northeast
M. Ressler, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
Mar. 30, 2010 5:33 pm ET
A coastal low strengthens just south of Long Island, New York producing more unwelcome, heavy rain in the Northeast.
Heavy, wind-driven rain throughout the Northeast corridor will increasingly shift northward through New England. Winds could locally gust 40 to 50 mph along the southern Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts coasts.
Rainfall is over 8 inches in parts of southern New England with more to come. As of late afternoon, storm totals so far include: 8.75" in East Providence, RI; 7.98" in Warwick, RI; 7.12" in Taunton, MA; 7" in Westhampton Beach, NY; 6.77" in Yantic, CT; 6.55" in Groton, CT; 6.22" in Westerly, RI; 4.25" in Boston and 4.11" at JFK Airport in New York City. Some parts of eastern New England could see 1 to 3 more inches of rain by early Wednesday.
Flooding is or will be historic in some locals in southern New England including the Sudbury River at Saxonville, MA; the Pawtuxet River at Cranston, RI and the Woonasquatucket River at Centerdale, RI.