Anyone have a story to relate about the Great Otis Flood of 2005? As the region was dumped on by over 6 inches of rain in a day, the Farmington River overflowed onto Route 8 and elsewhere. Route 8 was worst near Gile Real Estate, and that stretch of road was closed for a time.

Dr. Higgins, the Town Dentist, would have been able to see flooding from his surgery window. That area, from Otis Center up East Otis Road past the Hardware Store, was also hard hit. The fields there were awash clear up to the Catholic Church on Route 8.

Plenty of MassHighway personnel were on the job as some sections of road were scoured out and undermined my the rising and flowing waters.

Nothing like this since the Clam River dam froze up!

Mr. Otis surveyed the scene with great interest.