The People of Alstead Remember

Today, the people in Alstead, in Southwest New Hampshire, will be commemorating an event that changed that town forever.

A year ago, on October 9th, after more than a dozen inches of rain had fallen in the area, a wall of water broke through an overburdened culvert and washed roads and bridges, buildings and lives downstream.

This week New Hampshire Public Radio will be reporting on Alstead's recovery after the Flood of 2005.

But we begin with recollections.

Alstead resident Paul Rodrigue has produced a CD called Water Rising.

On it, residents of Alstead, tell their story.

Here is an excerpt.

We're starting the night before....as the rains continued to drench the town...and the waters were rising.