One can only imagine what Morrissey Boulevard is like

By adamg on Sun, 03/30/2014 - 11:51am

Ric Duarte shows us Rte. 18 in New Bedford, suggests, "Umm ... better stay away!"

That's what happens when close to 4 inches of rain falls. The rain wasn't quite as intense up our way, but Eastie Strong shows what it did to Memorial Drive at the MicroCenter/Trader Joe's entrance:

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Morissey was bad at 8:35 am.

By Lmo on Sun, 03/30/2014 - 11:59am.

Morissey was bad at 8:35 am. Down to 1 lane in 3 different spots. Saw 1 car get stuck. High tide wasn't until around 11:30, figured it would be impassable at that point. I called the staties, they said they'd send a trooper immediately.

I'm curious about this photo.

By Hyde_Parker on Sun, 03/30/2014 - 4:59pm.

I'm curious about this photo. Did the cars just not realize how deep the was was when approaching and then get trapped?

cars can make decisions?

By anon on Sun, 03/30/2014 - 8:38pm.

Pretty sure it was the *drivers* who idiotically plowed into the water...

Of course, insurance (ie the rest of us) will "bail" them out...

No Turning back

By Covertequation on Mon, 03/31/2014 - 1:30pm.

That section of 18 is pretty much all one-way; they were pretty much toast as soon as they passed the onramp since its usually really busy and impossible to turn around.