The rain kept coming down, down, and down.
Only two weeks ago, Secaucus suffered a record rainstorm as a classic nor’easter plowed through town leaving eight inches of rain in its wake.
By now, town residents have bailed out and dried out. However, as April’s watery gloom shifts into May’s glorious bloom, a walk around town showed that Secaucus residents are still left wondering if April’s showers were worth May’s flowers.
BILL SALLICK, 55 – “The rain wasn’t worth it because of all the flooding it brought us. I work for both the Department of Public Works and the Fire Department, and I don’t know how long I was out there. People who never had water in their basements in their lives before got water. You can keep the flowers. Two inches of rain will bring the pretty flowers too.”
DIANA TOTARO, 24 – “We definitely needed the rain, but maybe not that much. As long as we don’t get any more, we’re good. I don’t live in a basement, so I was all right.”
JOE MATEO, 54 – “No way. All the friggin’ rain? It was too much.”
GRACE WINTER, 75 (with friend DANIELLE BOSOTINA, 24) – “No, because of all the flooding. But still, when all the flowers and trees are blooming, it’s so beautiful.”