Christine Hochkeppel

Picture Stories: Flood 2010

Homeowner Chris Casano has lived at his home on Pine Street for 15 years and he has never seen flooding this severe. "I can't believe this." Casano said in his front yard. His daughter's boyfriend, Tom McElaney, is with him to assist in their efforts to pump out the water.
  
Sylvie Taylor of Carver gets a closer look at the Nemasket River's rushing rapids at Oliver Mill Park in Middleborough on Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
   
Ginny and Ken MacKeen carry some PVC piping from a neighbors yard to divert water rushing from their gutters and flooding their basement. "We don't know what we're doing," Ginny MacKeen said. They have lived at their home on Pleasant Street in Bridgewater for 19 years and have never taken in water before.
     
  
Greg Wells of Brockton talks about the rising Taunton River near the Bridge Street bridge on Tuesday. Wells came out to the spot to take photos and get a first hand glimpse of the rising water.
   
The view of the Route 140 from the Chase Road overpass in Freetown. The highway was closed on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 due to flooding from Long Pond.
  
National Guard Specialist Jonathan Kalnicki of the 772nd Military Police Company of Taunton drives a hummer along Shore Avenue in Lakeville on Thursday, April 1, 2010.
     
  
11 Shore Avenue residents Karen Bouzan and her daughter, Nicole, 10, trudge through the flood waters outside their house in Lakeville to say "hi" so a neighbor on Wednesday morning. Bouzan said they didn't evacuate because they have lots of pets, 2 dogs, 2 cats and 1 rabbit, and her 13-year-old son didn't want to leave.
  
Nicole Bouzan, 10, empties out her rain boot outside her Shore Avenue home in Lakeville on Wednesday morning, March 31, 2010.
  
Housemates Terry Gonsalves and Mike Campbell canoe away from their Shore Avenue home to explore the the flood damage futher down the road. Both residents said they also didn't want to leave because of pets. "I'd rather be here so we can see what's going on." Gonsalves said of their reasoning for not evacuating. "We always wanted waterfront property, now we have a houseboat. Be careful what you wish for." She joked.
     
  
Antonio Pina of Middleborough walks back to his car after checking out the high waters at Oliver Mill Park. "I've never seen anything like this before. It's awful." Pina said of the flooding.
  
Janet Davies leans on her husband, Chris, as they reflect on their stressful week dealing with their basement brimming with rainwater and the repairs and replacements they face in the aftermath of the flooding.
  
The section of Route 44 at the intersection of Dean Street on the Taunton/Raynham line is flooded and closed off during the second and more severe round of flooding in the last two weeks.