New England Floods Force Hundreds to Flee - States of Emergencies declared, N.H., Mass.

AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/14/06 | David Tirrell-Wysocki - ap

[MaDeuce]

Man I tell ya, I'm getting gutters put on the house this summer. NEVER AGAIN will I have watter in the basement. If I had gutters now I would not have this water problem.

My wet/dry vack is still going strong (knock on wood), I have a hose attached to it back to my sump.

Looks like I'll be burning some vacation days (that I can't afford), to stay home and bail the water.

Damn weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Poser]

My 43 year old house has a foot of water in the cellar. It has never had any water in the past and the rain is still pouring outside.

I live in Rochester, New Hampshire. If my cellar is flooded, others must be in desperate shape.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I wish you could send some of this to NM. Even the cactus on my place are dying.

[SamAdams76]

I live 30 miles NW of Boston and it's been pretty much steady rain for about a week now. The rains came in last Monday night and haven't seen much of the sun since. Since Friday at rush hour, it's been more or less a steady downpour.

My basement has always been prone to flooding so I have two sump pumps working overtime. Fortunately I had B-Dry dig some sump wells into the basement floor so I am able to pump the water out before it comes up to floor level. But that's becoming an exercise in futility because their is a lake in my backyard and the water I'm pumping out just makes the lake bigger and the water just seeps right back into the basement wells. So I'm pumping the same water over and over again. But at least the basement is staying dry. If I lose power though, I'll have two or three feet of water down there within an hour.

All rivers and streams are up to their banks or overflowing their banks. And the rain is still falling. We haven't seen the worse flooding yet because the rivers are still rising and will continue to rise for at least 24 hours after the rain stops.

In general, the month of May has been a total washout around here. I still haven't mowed my grass or used my grill. Daytime temperatures rarely climb out of the 40s. Yesterday afternoon, I had my fireplace going!

Nothing but bone-chilling cold and dampness so far this spring. No global warming going on around here.

[The Working Man]

We'd take your rain in a heart beat. Florida is burning up. Every morning I check to see what road is closed due to smoke or wild fire before going into work.

And there is always the tang of smoke in the air when you go outside.

So I really would like to take some of your rain away so you wouldn't have to worry about flooding.

Take care up there! We will send you some prayers to hurry it up for you guys.

[warsaw44]

I'm in the Back Bay of Boston, no serious problems yet. I'm more than a little surprised though considering the entire neighborhood is built on what was once entirely water.
Pat - Hyde Park is my mothers hometown section of Boston.

[AnAmericanMother]

Dang! In that first picture there's a good sized eddy behind the fire hydrant, and a surfing wave downstream of that.

Where are the playboaters?

Seriously, that is some VERY fast moving water. Hope the person in the doorway isn't thinking about stepping into it. Only takes a few inches to throw you off your feet.

[Betis70]

Stay safe out there New Englanders!