Cascading Waters can be found at 135 Olean Street on the eastern edge of Worcester's northwest parklands, the Cascades. The Cascades are 350 acres of park and conservation lands along the borders of Worcester, Paxton, and Holden, Massachusetts. Home to countless species of plants and animals, the Cascades are open to passive recreation year-round.

Sunday, September 07, 2008

We have Cascades again!

Hurricane Hanna brought us 3.94 inches yesterday and we got another 0.12 inches after midnight. That's a lot of water up in the Cascades Park system, and it all needs a place to go. Four hundred acres of four inches of rain is heading for the falls. They're running this morning and they'll continue to grow through at least tonight!

Hanna is up off the coast of Maine now (at 8 am), and we are looking a clear skies here.
Barometer is 29.74 inches and rising
67 degrees and steady
98% humidity and steady ('though that will go down as we get more sun in here)
The brook is running full enough that you can hear it in the Lodge!
UPDATE: The brook is running in the secondary channel (to the north) as well as the regular one. And there is a flood watch in effect for central Massachusetts.

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