HURRICANE IRENE.

[paracarl44]

We are on the backside of the storm. It has knocked out power in harder hit areas. They are expecting it to be Out Of Here after 5:00 P.M.

 

[porcelaindoll2]

Yay I didn't lose power!! Actually it is nice sunny day here today. I look outside my window and I can't even tell it happened, but I know this isn't the case for most of Hampton Roads.

 

[camble.com]

My thoughts are with all of you over on the otherside of the pond right now, hope you all keep safe and well

 

[paracarl44]

New England has some flooded areas. You should expect some rivers will rise. People are out cleaning up the storm damage. I hope that the people who lost their power will let us know how they made out.

 

[milagros317]

I am home safe after a horrible trip back. 😱
I arrived in Baltimore on time on Friday. All was normal until Sunday morning when the power in my brother's house went off and Amtrak canceled all trains along the Northeast corridor. I called them the reschedule to Monday at 10am.

My 10am train to NY left one hour late and terminated in Philadelphia since all service between there and Boston is suspended. Ugh.

I rented a car at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Very heavy traffic on the NJ Turnpike made the drive to NYC take over 3 hours.

But I arrived home safely after returning the rental car. 😀

 

[ticklemepls]

well, we have a lot of downed trees and branches... and a HELL of a lot of people without power.... we lost power yesterday about 1050am, and JUST got it back maybe 15 minutes ago... all in all, wasnt too bad of a storm, could have been a lot worse if the track hadn't moved west a bit like it did! attached a few pics from the storm and one of how we passed time with no power- PHASE 10! lol and of course the help of my trusty side-kick snickers 🙂

 

[paracarl44]

We need to be glad that it was a Category 1 Storm.

How many people saw that old covered bridge in Vermont get swept away? That is not a coastal state and the floods must be terrible.

We still have some power outage around here. There is a big tree down east of here blocking the road.

 

[paracarl44]

Updates.

This storm is being ranked in the 10 worse storms.

Towns in Vermont need the National Guard to airlift supplies to them.

A man was killed in Pennsylvania while camping out in a tent, when a large tree branch fell onto the tent.

There are 43 reported deaths from Hurricane Irene according to CNN.

Many people are still without power.

A lady from Connecticut said that her electricity had been off for four days, she is to return home today to see the damage. Had a lot of stuff in her refrigerator and freezer.

 

[paracarl44]

Just heard from a friend in Connecticut who just got her power back on Friday night.