Journal of a Sabbatical

March 27, 2001

some links for the water obsessed

Today's Bird Sightings:
great blue heron 1 - in pond behind hardware store

northern cardinal 1 male at my condo

common grackle - about 4 zilion mixed in with a few starlings and redwinged black birds in a big black cloud descending on the parking lot

Today's Reading: A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853 by Bayard Taylor

Thus spake the National Weather Service:

 

...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE ASSABET...CHARLES...CONCORD AND SUDBURY RIVERS...

ALL RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE CRESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY RECEDE...BUT SOME OF THE RIVERS IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

Read the NWS River Statement for this area for yourself.

Merrimack River:

USGS Merrimack River Hydrograph Report

NWS Merrimack River Forecast

Hourly Stage Plot of Merrimack River Basin

Concord River:

USGS Concord River Hydrograph Report

NWS Concord River Forecast

Shawhseen River:

Shawsheen River Drainage Basin