Sunday, August 28, 2011

Tropical Storm Irene

This is my adventure today with Tropical Storm Irene.

First thing I noticed a tree branch about 3 feet long had fallen in my yard (amongst many others) but this was had fallen and stuck into the ground about 4 inches. This made the branch stick straight up in the air. I thought this was pretty cool.

Next a large tree branch had fallen in the parking lot of my apartment. Luckily our car was not hit but our neighbors car was. Here's a picture, theres wasn't a ton of damage but still must suck.
 
Our power went out around 11:30. This was expected from the last storms we had but still sucked. At 12 the rain stopped but was still windy. With the power being still out at 12:45 I decided to go out and find some food because I was hungry and didn't want to open the fridge. The roads were covered with tree debris. I saw some trees down and power lines hanging in the middle of the street. I was out for about 2 hours driving around down all these side roads and had no idea were I was going. The first 2 places I went for food had no power either. I finally find a place get some food for me and my wife then spend another 25 minutes driving home because of blocked roads. Here are some pictures of of the down tree that made my trip sooo long.


Just another downed tree. 

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