When Will It End?

Unless hip boots are part of your everyday outfit, don't try to get around the city on foot.

You will encounter water hazards such as this one at Cleveland and East Seventh. In fact, trying to step off the curb anywhere along this stretch means wet feet if you are wearing normal footgear.

New Jersey American Water has promised this ordeal will end this month. Let us hope so. Then we can laugh about the waterspouts, sprinkles, floods, potholes and general mess we have been enduring for many, many weeks.

--Bernice Paglia