The Deluge

The North Shore got the worst of the rain, but even in Waltham we got many inches, especially on Saturday. The trash barrels were about 40% full with water when I emptied them on Sunday morning, and we had puddles in one corner of the basement.

Also on Sunday morning, I drove over the Newton Street bridge, and the Charles River was almost touching it. When I checked the falls at the Shaw's parking lot on River Street, there was a lot of volume, but hardly a crisis -- except for the ducks and Canada geese, whose nests were likely washed away.