Water Water Everywhere…

…nor any drop to drink — if I remember The Rime of the Ancient Mariner well enough. Rhode Island had a record rainfall of 15 inches in March, with 9 inches of that falling in 2 days. The biggest problem was the Pawtuxet River which crested at 21 feet above normal, which is 12 feet above flood stage. The river closest to us, the Woonasquatuket, crested at 4 feet above flood level — so no problems there. We did, however, have a lot of ground water. There was so much water flowing in to our sump, that the pump could not keep up. So over three days while the pump ran 24 hours a day, the...