Under the Golden Dome rains on Mitt Romney's Peabody sympathy. Seems that after the last time Peabody flooded (all of two years' ago), Romney vetoed a measure to spend $5.7 million for flood control in Peabody - money that would have meant an additional $20 million in federal aid for the work.

Blue Mass. Group has more.

But, hey, at least the flooding's good for a laugh

The Urban Pantheist takes photos of the receding floodwaters along the Muddy. Go figure: All those Dunkin' Donuts cups tossed in the river over the years provide a useful way to figure out the high-water mark.

DamnHandy describes, posts photos of the flooding at his condo on the Merrimack:

... What does suck is how insensitive some people can be in situatiuons like this. While taking the above shot, a pair of shit heads from UMass Lowell stood there laughing at how it must suck to live in our condo. While yes, it does suck it was nearly enough to prod me slinging my Nikon at their heads. When my pregnant wife turned to them and mentioned that we do live there, their tune quickly changed. ...

Via Secretly Ironic.