In spite of the outrageous amount of water that fell in my town I'm very lucky - my house is dry. I was watching the news tonight though, and seeing pictures of the Merrimac River out of its banks. I rode along that river on my 2-day trip to Maine and back just over a week ago. What a difference. One of the towns I rode through on that trip was Salisbury, which according to the National Weather Service set a new Massachusetts record.
"APPARENTLY A NEW STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS MONTHLY RAINFALL RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THIS UNIQUE EARLY WARM SEASON 3 DAY RAIN EVENT. THE 13.36 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED BY OUR SALISBURY CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER WHICH RAISED THE MONTHLY TOTAL AT SALISBURY TO 18.82 INCHES WHICH IS WELL ABOVE THE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN MAY STATE RECORD OF 15.6 INCHES SET IN 1984." Quote courtesy of the eastern region of the National Weather Service, http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/.
Amazing.

--- Denise