It will last as long as Joaquin in still an active hurricane in the Atlantic.  Joaquin has been and still is hovering
near the Bahamas and that's what's been causing this rain up and down the coast all the way from SC to CT, RI, 
and Massachusetts.  It's also causing strong winds along the East Coast, too, but they'd be worse if Joaquin was
even closer than the Bahamas.  The thinking is that the hurricane will eventually track further out to sea, away
from the East Coast (not toward it) and so eventually it won't be close enough to be a factor in the EC weather
but until then we're getting wind and rain.  If it should turn toward the North or South Carolina coast like it was
originally expected to do, that's when it's dangerous for those states...and everywhere else gets even more rain
and even stronger, more dangerous winds...even here we'd feel them.

I'm not sure yet if any of the roads and creeks near here have flooded but they have before so if it keeps raining,
it could easily happen.