Flooding

he rain-soaked Northeast, particularly Rhode Island, endured more misery Wednesday as it battled flooded roads and basements while waiting for water levels to drop.

"Looking for some positives here, the water has begun to recede," Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri said at a Wednesday afternoon news conference.

Carcieri said his state has had some "bad accidents" but no fatalities. It's "really very positive and encouraging given the amount of water and the circumstances that so many of our citizens have faced," he said.

it seems that floods happens all over the U.S. now. i have always been one to help out when they need volunteers. there isn't much you can do in order to stop the floods. so if we can get the sand bags packed high and long in order to save as many houses as possible. i always go help up by the red river area to save what we can and it is a challenge but worth the time and effort.