Bellows Falls
“The water fell in a torrent, pouring off roofs of cars and buildings in hundreds of cascades, gathering in the streets like a diverted river.
I pulled into the abandoned motel’s parking lot, now staked out with yellow “Police” barrier tape and occupied by a number of official vehicles. My shoes vanished underwater as soon as I stepped from the car, and I instantly felt the first cool, wet trickles of rain slipping in between my raincoat and neck.
Wearing high boots and slickers, and ope...ning umbrellas over their heads, J.P. Tyler and Gail emerged from the lobby entrance to greet us.
“Christ,” I told them, “has it been raining like this for long? I’ve felt like I needed gills since we hit this side of the state.”
“About an hour,” Gail answered, slipping her arm through mine so we could better share her umbrella. “It just opened up. From Bellows Falls north they’ve been getting hammered all afternoon.MoreLess
I pulled into the abandoned motel’s parking lot, now staked out with yellow “Police” barrier tape and occupied by a number of official vehicles. My shoes vanished underwater as soon as I stepped from the car, and I instantly felt the first cool, wet trickles of rain slipping in between my raincoat and neck.
Wearing high boots and slickers, and ope...ning umbrellas over their heads, J.P. Tyler and Gail emerged from the lobby entrance to greet us.
“Christ,” I told them, “has it been raining like this for long? I’ve felt like I needed gills since we hit this side of the state.”
“About an hour,” Gail answered, slipping her arm through mine so we could better share her umbrella. “It just opened up. From Bellows Falls north they’ve been getting hammered all afternoon.MoreLess
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