For days raindrops have been falling. Strong winds accompanied a rainfall that, according to the National Weather Service, totaled 7.38 inches in Boothbay as of Tuesday.

Although there is no serious damage to report, roads known to flood did and a number of basements became unwanted swimming pools.

On the basement front, fire departments on our now soggy peninsula have been out on numerous calls from June 3-5.

Boothbay had the most basements turned rain barrels. Fire Chief Dick Spofford said they had all five of the department's pumpers out to calls from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. About a dozen homes had water depths of 16 inches to 3.5 feet. Some, Spofford said, had to be bailed out twice.

Boothbay Harbor Fire Chief Glenn Townsend said his department responded to three or four calls for pump-outs of two to three feet of water. He attributed the low number of calls to the fact that power was not lost, which kept the sump pumps actively engaged.

Southport Fire Chief Gerry Garage reported the islanders fared pretty well. The department did not receive any calls to remove water from basements, but culverts were filled to the brim.

There was some flooding, but in the areas residents can always expect: by the pond brook on Grand View Road and Route 238; by George Tibbetts' house near Christmas Cove Road; some on Cross Road and by Ship Ahoy; and a variety of culverts filled right to the top.

Gamage said two small trees came down; one on Twin Cove Road and the other blocking one lane on Route 27 outside the village in West Southport.

In short, "Nothing serious," he said.

No report was available from Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter at press time.

Scott Campbell, emergency management director for Lincoln County, reported flooding on some areas of Back River Road, Pension Ridge Road, River Road and at Hammond Lumber Company.

"These are the typical flooding areas in low-lying roads," Campbell said. "Except for some road flooding, basements needing to be pumped out were the biggest problem. I don't expect there will be enough damage sustained to declare a state of emergency in the whole of Lincoln County."

But things are looking up. According to the Maine Emergency Management Agency's website, we can look forward to cloudy or partly cloudy skies through Sunday with showers likely Saturday evening. The sun is expected to return – in full – on Monday.