A couple of other weather-related stories come to mind. My mom was down from Maine for Mother’s Day weekend and my nephew John Paul’s First Communion on Saturday. As I mentioned before we didn’t make it down to the Mass because of the weather and incipient baby-bearing, so we didn’t think we’d see her on Sunday. However, my sister Evelyn who lives in the flood plain formerly known as Peabody, Mass., asked her to pick up a water pump from down near my brother’s house because every single pump in a 10 mile radius of Peabody has been bought up.
So up they came on their way home to Maine, but still we weren’t sure we’d see them because my other sister, Francesca, with whom my mom lives, was worried about flooding down the very steep hill behind her house (which turned out not to be a worry.) So off they went again—until the car broke down. So we did get to see my mom after all because she stayed overnight with us. (My brother Bernie drove the camper up here for Francesca to take home; mom stayed here to pick up the repaired car today.) Last night we went on a very soggy trip for Chinese food as an impromptu Mother’s Day dinner. (Gourmet Garden in Swampscott; very good!)
Unfortunately, mom’s car was towed to and repaired in the little hamlet of Georgetown, which wouldn’t be bad except that every major road (and many minor ones) into and out of Georgetown were flooded. We drove all over the place to get to the service station and then all over the place trying to get back until I discovered that were about a mile from the highway in a different direction anyway. (Stupid Google Maps directions!)
We eventually got headed in the right direction, stopping for dinner and Babies-R-Us on the way home. The weathermen say we’ll have sunny skies on Wednesday. I’ll believe it when I see it. And if I see one more blow-dried newsreader telling us this summer that we’re suffering a drought, I’m going to blow my top. Because, you know, it’s never the right kind of rain, whatever that means.
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Dom.
YOu know I live in Georgetown. You should have called me.
….little hamlet????
I prefer ROARING MOUSE!
Oh yeah, you live on the North Shore! This rain is out of control. I hope we all dry out soon.
Very interesting….I see that Governor Mitt Romney (a Mormon) “joked” on ABC’s Good Morning America the other day that the amount of rainfall “seemed Biblical.”
I wonder if Mitt (or the folks at ABC) remember the reason for the Biblical flood?
That’s right—massive sin, especially Sodom-y.
Now, do you think this rain is “Biblical”?
Joe: We were on a mission. In and out. Get the car and go. Next time I’m up there and the weather is a little nicer, I’ll give you a buzz.
Fr. Jim:
Speaking of Biblical… anyone notice that the flooding is especially bad in EXETER, NH?
Who lives in Exteter, and attended Phillips Exeter, and why is it significant that the flooding is occurring especially bad there this week????
Now can you say: “Wrath of God?”
I’ll check back when I return from my Chicago trade show to see who gets it right first!!!