It’s proving to be a wetter than normal spring after a cooler than normal winter, especially for the Midwest and East Coast.

Residents of the upper Midwest are still fighting against overflowing rivers by barricading their homes with sandbags. North Carolina has seen at least three tornados since this weekend, along with baseball sized hail. New Jersey had its power outages, and New York’s Hudson Valley is on the lookout for flooding.

But Massachusetts right now is the focus of attention for Spring’s big rain, which occurred over three days, March 13 through March 15, soaking some areas, such as Essex, Middlesex, Worchester, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth counties by as much as ten inches of rain.

Governor Deval Patrick has asked President Obama to declare a disaster in his state to start the slow process of getting federal funds to businesses and residents hard hit by flooding.
According to the Boston Globe, hundreds of homes have suffered major uninsured damage, with over 1,000 suffering minor, but significant damage. Many special needs facilities and nursing homes have had to be evacuated out of concern for the safety of the people. Worst of all, is the process that occurs after a flood where people have to determine if their homes are fit to be lived in or not.

"I am hopeful that our request to the President for a disaster declaration will be granted and will help us bring us one step closer to securing the assistance people need to rebuild," the governor said in an official statement.

If that wasn’t enough, The National Weather Service is saying a cold front is on its way, with almost a certainty that temperatures will plunge back to into the less than friendly 30’s.
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency spokesman Peter Judge said that a disaster declaration from Obama will make life much less miserable for those affected, allowing some to get federal grants to replace damaged heating and electrical systems that could be useful right now to endure more severe weather that’s likely to come.

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