MAJOR Flooding

Pictured is Canton Street looking west toward Quinsigamond Avenue.

Mother Nature, combined with grounds that were already water-logged, hit the City and Worcester County hard this morning.


On the commute that usually takes me all of 15-minutes, on a "bad" day, took 45-minutes today.
Everywhere I turned, there seemed to be a pool of water, and I saw a few car-casualties.


For example, on Bigelow Street, which is a side street off of Endicott Street, I saw two cars stuck, with their hazard lights flashing, in a large pool of water.


Quinsigamond Avenue was a parking lot due to a couple MAJOR pools of water, and the folks making their way from Route 146 North had to get "creative" with getting around the water.


Southbridge Street was blocked by Worcester Police nearest the Hammond Street intersection.


What areas have been affected by flooding that you've seen?

Driving in The Woo!

This picture was taken on Hammond Street heading towards Main Street
at 8:50 am.

I have always said that driving in Massachusetts is a true test in
'defensive driving', but it takes a special person to drive in The Woo!

Driving in Worcester, well, you have to account for the random
person stopping in the middle of the road to 'hail up' (read: say
hello) someone or, on occassion, reach around to smack the ish out of
kid or sorry back-seat driver.

Thank goodness I had the best driving instructor a person could
have.....my mother and the rolling, steep, cliff-lined roads of St.
John a/k/a/ Love City!

Hammond St. Oops!

This seems to happen at least once a week on Hammond Street.

I guess some drivers can't read the signs and figure out that their
rig is taller than the underpass.