He says "overpass", I say ...

[Wilson Gray]

"Viaduct"?

-Wilson

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> John M Guilfoil and Sean Teehan, describing heavy rain Saturday that
> caused flash floods in the Boston area, write:
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> "As rain fell, areas like Storrow Drive and low overpasses in Boston,
> Cambridge, and Somerville turned into dangerous makeshift rivers; and
> drivers were not ready."
>
> Boston Globe, Sunday July 11, page B7.  Same still on the web site
> (boston.com).
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> I too would have been unready at the overpasses.  And just think how
> submerged the underpasses would have been!  (Storrow Drive is
> notorious for the latter at least.)
>
> Joel
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