Floods of 2010

Eastern Connecticut really took much of the brunt of the flooding brought on by this week's seemingly endless rains. While Route 184 got washed out at the Stonington/Groton line, the Quinebaug River unleashed its power on Jewett City. There was a long line of stressed out homeowners at the Uncasville Home Depot waiting to get one of the limited supply of sump pumps just arriving off the truck. Usually the Yantic River gets plenty of attention when flooding hits, and this time was no exception. Much of the Norwich damage seemed concentrated east of I-395 toward Norwichtown instead of the usual Yantic Flats area. In Colchester, I was treated to instant lakefront property in the woods by my house. At least the house was spared. I don't recall flooding like this since 1982. So many people have been telling me about how much water had seeped into their basements. It was even worse to our east. Rhode Island suffered from what are being called historic floodwater levels, leaving millions of dollars in damage to homes and infrastructure from Westerly to Woonsocket. I-95 in Warwick was actually impassable for days. No matter where you are, if it hits you like this you don't need an official declaration to tell you it's a disaster.