"RCE" wrote in message
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Part of a current severe weather forecast for the northeast area:

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* THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

* OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL THROUGHOUT MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND OVERNIGHT...THEN IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT TOWARD THE MERRIMACK
VALLEY ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS PICKING UP AS MUCH AS 6 OR 7
INCHES...ESPECIALLY FROM THE WORCESTER HILLS TO THE MERRIMACK
VALLEY. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING

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6 to 7 inches of rain? You've got to be kidding.

RCE

I was in Taipei, Taiwan several years ago on business when a typhoon/monsoon
dumped 72 inches of rain in a 36 hour period.

Now that's rain.....