The recent spate of rainy weather has some people anxious about a second round of the devastating floods of last spring.

Count North Stonington First Selectman Nick Mullane among those.

Mullane said public works director Stephen Tate told Mullane that "the ground is completely saturated and if we get more rain, look out."

Granted, this was Thursday, and the last few days haven't been as rain-filled as forecasted.

Regardless, the worry in North Stonington is real, and for good reason. Mullane said there's been some patching up of roads damaged last year but that it has been too wet to get major work finished - or started.

Look no further than Main Street, where the wounds remain visible. A gaping hole where the Town Hall bridge once stood still divides the two sides of the village.

All this comes just a few days after last Tuesday's board of selectmen meeting. At that time, Mullane said the selectmen and town historical society agreed upon a 28-foot wide single-arch bridge. He said the design was slightly modified so that the bridge could withstand a "210 year storm event."

If this rainy spring continues, we might be having a 210 year flood/storm event more frequently than predicted.