Hurricane Irene: The Aftermath by egad

Hurricane Irene: The Aftermath

Yesterday, I thought we were lucky. Today, I think we are extremely lucky. I have spoken to a lot of people that do not have power and are not expecting it for days. About 40% of the state is still out. There was a lot of damage done by this storm. Many fallen trees, a lot of homes are destroyed and some people even lost their lives. I cannot even comprehend what a severe storm would be like. This shot was taken less than two blocks away from our house. This tree falling knocked out power for the entire street. Luckily, no one was hurt, but they are anticipating days before they will have power restored to their houses. Oh, and all of the water on the street is due to a broken water main.
The aftermath of a storm or extreme event can be scary just seeing all the damage Thanks for posting this.
August 30th, 2011  
Wow! I feel very lucky too. E and I went running tonight and the entire grid a block from our house is out. You could hear generators from every other house! Then we saw that across the street from the park a house had a tree smash a whole side off! G's school has no power. We were VERY lucky.
August 30th, 2011  
Nice shot; it has a 'reporting from the scene' feel to it - though it's a pity about the subject.
August 30th, 2011  
Glad you are safe~ These kinds of storms are always scary and never seem to leave a place unharmed, be it trees fallen, power out, lives lost. ~ terrible. ~
August 30th, 2011  
Wow! That is crazy!! Great shot. We've been dodging flooded roads and no power all day in NYC. I think we were VERY lucky!

And did Pooh say you went running???
August 30th, 2011  
Holy moly! You were lucky indeed!
August 30th, 2011  
@mcdougall not me E. Her neighbor E. Yikes be careful.
August 30th, 2011  
Ok good. I was a little freaked out. I thought you must have gone really stir crazy!!
August 30th, 2011  
Wow!
August 30th, 2011  
So happy that you're safe!
August 30th, 2011  
great picture showing us the storm and remembering it for yourself, I'm glad that you were safe and sorry for people without water and electricity
August 30th, 2011  
I'm glad your OK! I've been seeing some incredible shots!
August 30th, 2011  
This looks like one big mess, must take a lot of time to clean up and get everything fixed when you realize this is all over the west coast...
August 30th, 2011  
Glad your ok, keep staying safe.
August 30th, 2011  
thanks for sharing - glad everyone is ok
August 30th, 2011  
wow...thanks for sharing this...happy to hear that everyone is okay..so scary
August 30th, 2011  
Agh...this makes me so sad. We don't get weather like this but it breaks my heart knowing what ppl go through. So glad your safe!!! Scary photo :S
August 31st, 2011  
It has been horrific. This looks like a pretty big mess. Glad you're safe.
August 31st, 2011  
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