Topher Hamblett brought his camera to Mathewson Road on Wednesday, Sept. 30, hoping to catch a glimpse of the future. And the future looks wet.

The longtime Barrington resident was volunteering as part of a Coastal Resources Management Council and Save The Bay project to monitor sea level rise. During large tide events, he and others snap photos of coastal areas around the state. What Mr. Hamblett found on parts of Mathewson Road on Wednesday morning were a bit startling.

"That was one amazing flood tide," wrote Mr. Hamblett in an email. His photograph shows a Jeep trying to navigate a badly flooded roadway — a short wooden guardrail offers the only delineation between where the land stops and the Warren River starts.

Wenley Ferguson, who works with Save The Bay, said the project offers key insight to local officials as they plan for the future.

"These images provide us a vision of how future sea level rise will impact low lying areas on either a monthly

or even daily basis," wrote Ms. Ferguson. "We have been coordinating volunteers to photograph low lying areas during spring tides over the last several years."

Ms. Ferguson said that recently a new app was developed to upload photos taken during king tides. More information can be found at Mycoast.org.