My hometown! If this damn thing (PUN INTENDED!) breaks both my mom's home and dad's home will be severely damaged.



TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) -- A dam on the rain-swollen Mill River deteriorated overnight and Taunton prepared for the worst Tuesday, evacuating residents, canceling classes and closing off downtown amid fears of a wall of water up to 6 feet deep.

Mayor Robert Nunes, at a hastily called news conference, said the situation at the wooden Whittenton Pond Dam upstream from the city took a turn for the worse about 2 a.m., resulting in an increase of water flow.

"The city of Taunton still is in a state of emergency," Nunes said. "If the dam goes, it will create massive flooding along the Mill River and into the downtown area."

Lake Sabbatia, the body of water behind the dam, had gone down about an inch overnight, Fire Chief Joseph Rose said. But rain began falling again as dawn broke. Officials were trying to relieve pressure on the dam by tweaking the flow between it and a second dam upstream, Rose said.

Officials said that if the Whittenton Pond Dam burst it could unleash a wall of water up to 6 feet high and flood neighborhoods and downtown Taunton.

"I've got my fingers crossed that this thing is able to hold," Gov. Mitt Romney said Tuesday morning. "Water's going under the dam. It's going through some areas that are weakened and there's every prospect that it will give way and we'll have a very significant water event.

I saw this on the news this morning.

I crossing my fingers and parying for you!!!!!

holy crap Carrie! I'll keep my fingers crossed and say a few prayers for your folx too! NH been having some terrible flooding last week too...luckily I live in the ONE county where the flood watch was the least. still had some flooding but nothing lost.

I don't know why they wait until the last minute to start fixing this kind of shit. 2 years ago it was inspected and listed in "fair" condition. 2 friggin years ago! Now thousands of people are going to possibly lose their homes

Ohh Carrie I hope things are ok

CarrieLee said:

Because they're cheap and want to keep their exorbitant salaries intact. It makes me sick that here in CA, instead of cutting the bureaucrats salaries, of which there are far too many, they cut schools and healthcare.

I just read that! I pray it doesn't give!

I saw that on the news this morning.

Going out for your family and all those in the path.