Storm-weary New England residents waded out into a fifth day of rain Tuesday as the region's dams kept a tenuous hold against cresting rivers and evacuees wondered what remained of their homes after water filled their basements and surged over some rooftops.
It seemed almost Biblical," Gov. Mitt Romney said Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." "We're sort of making jokes about Noah and taking two of each kind of animal because we haven't ever seen rain like this."
A prolonged rainstorm clobbered the region all weekend, dumping up to 17 inches along the coast north of Boston. With more rain and possible thunderstorms expected at least through Wednesday, weather records are likely to fall, forecasters said.
"This is a serious, dangerous weather event that probably in more than 100 years of recorded weather will enter into the top five of serious, dangerous events in terms of precipitation," said meteorologist Charlie Foley of the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass. "What we have here is too much water in too short a time."
Sunday, more than 5,000 graduates from 17 schools and thousands of their guests attended the Boston University 2006 commencement. University staff passed out plastic rain ponchos to graduates and guests, many of whom had filed into the field under umbrellas, creating a colorful canopy. Sunday also made for a horrilble day to celebrate "Mother's Day".
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