Did someone build the ark?

The weather in Boston yesterday was a mixed bag. Some snow, some icy rain and then a whole lot of rain to finish it off. When I got home from work, I encountered a lake where our road should have been. Drivers were not letting the deep, deep water deter them. They kept plowing through it until someone stalled out and blocked most of the road. On the bottom right of this photo you can see where the water hit our building and you can see that the water is up to that car's headlights.

The commuter rail kept going right through the water too. In this photo you can see it crossing the road. Underneath all of that water is the road and a curb and a sidewalk. There has to be a lot of water to cover all of that up!