Re: Nor'Easter
<br />A huge wave crashes onto Winthrop Shore Drive. (Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel)<br /><br />Dude, wheres the ark? Nor'easter pummels Bay State coastal towns<br />By Jessica Fargen<br />Thursday, May 26, 2005<br /><br />A woman on crutches was rescued from her home in a boat, a broken sea wall endangered homes and basements and streets were flooded yesterday as a late-season nor'easter brought the hammer down on the Bay State. <br /> <br /> At its peak, 8,500 people statewide were without power, winds gusted up to 50 mph and coastal backyards turned into ponds. <br /> <br /> In Scituate, waves crashed over two-story homes on Oceanside Drive, leaving behind shells, rocks and debris. Lawns were covered with water at high tide. <br /> <br /> You couldn't see the top of the mailbox,'' said Kathleen Lang-Ruggiero, who lives on the street. <br /> <br /> The worst of the nor'easter was expected to hit last night and rain is expected to continue through Monday. <br /> <br /> Yesterday, the South Shore seemed to be pummeled hardest, although parts of the North Shore saw some flooding. Oceanside Drive in Scituate was particularly hard hit. <br /> <br /> A woman on crutches was rescued at 2 a.m. yesterday by a firefighters with a rubber boat. She called 911 to complain about the smell of gas in her home, which was surrounded by water. <br /> <br /> Another woman abandoned her car on the street and left it, headlights on, in the road. <br /> <br /> She thought she could get through,'' said the woman's mother as she waited for a tow truck. <br /> <br /> In Marshfield, an aging sea wall was undermined when the sand below began to give way, menacing two pricey homes on Bay Avenue on Green Harbor. Large boulders were used to buffer the homes. <br /> <br /> Several home owners off Quincy Shore Drive in Quincy pumped water out of their basements. <br /> <br /> I looked out at the driveway and water was pouring down like the Mississippi River,'' said Frank Darche, whose backyard on Chickatabot Road in Quincy looked like a pond. <br /> <br /> On Winthrop Shore Drive in Winthrop, about 100 people, in cars and on foot, watched the storm. Drivers passing by Short Beach navigated around splashing waves. <br /> <br /> One man surfed at Winthrop Beach, despite the monster waves and a high-wind advisory. <br /> <br /> Sewer systems in Winthrop backed up, a large tree fell and several low-lying streets were flooded, said Dave Hickey, director of public works.
Here we are 3/4 thru the month of May and here on Cape Ann we are in the middle of having not one, not two, but three "Nor'Easters in a row, that will end late Thursday!!! Winds to 50-60 kts. prdicted for tonite through Thursday and heavy rains!!! We are also having 15-20+ foot seas!!!<br /><br />The mouth of the Merrimack River has already claimed one sail boat,no life lost and a few have broken from their moorings around the boating communities!!!<br /><br />Cape Anns back shore is the place to travel to see the 15-20+ foot waves smashing aganist the rocky shore line!!! 
