The Aftermath of Hurricane Irene

[shanachie_quill]

We're still waiting for the back end of Irene, but we've survived the rains. It looks like the main part missed us or it hit while we were sleeping and we just woke up to the destruction. Personally it doesn't seem like it was as bad as they said it would be, at least not here. I can see the trees whipping around as I write this, but considering they were calling for wide spread flooding here in town and they did issue an evacuation, it's not as bad as it could have been.

We still have power at the house, although I don't think the neighbors do. And my parents don't have any. There's a little water in the basement and the back yard is a lake like usual, but the trees are intact for the most part. I took a few pictures, but per my cousin's orders (he's a firefighter in town) did not venture out of our yard.




Our front yard from the porch



Our rain gage--you can't tell, but it's overflowing. It measures about 6 inches; I emptied it before I went to bed and it had about .5 one time and .6 another.



A view up the street, you can just see the downed tree branch.



Closer view of the tree branch with the downed wires visible (apparently they are not live because they did come and move the branch now)



The open basement drain once we got it working again--we've got about 2 inches down there--which is pretty good and a lot less than we were figuring



The driveway aka our lake




The backyard



The next few are different views of the driveway and the backyard
























I think this is my favorite of the ones I took out back:




I couldn't move the tomato plants on my own and no one seemed willing to assist me in moving them so they stayed on the porch.



One tomato came off the plants. The rest are just fine.



Our front yard which doesn't look too bad all things considered

Comments

[whogeek.livejournal.com]

Mild damage, considering the kind of damage you could have had. Glad the tomatoes made it! :D At least no downed trees. Those are hell to get cut down enough to move. Especially when they fall on power lines.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah totally and it seems that we haven't had anything downed with the back half either.

My parents lost a tree onto the roof, but it doesn't appear to have done any major damage.

Our neighbor had a tree fall onto power lines but they already have the branch cleared.

[pippii.livejournal.com]

Thank God that you are OK...I´ve been following it on TV and it seemed horrible..
Glad the tomatoes made it..the one that gave it life was a brave one I am sure;)
♥hugs♥

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

I'm fine. A bit wet, but perfectly fine. Yeah, we missed most of it though. My gramma's house happens to be within the two block radius that does not flood. We did get an evacuation warning last night, but since the shelter is actually in the flood plain--we decided to stay put.

Well I took the brave one in and fried it up and Gramma had a fried green tomato sandwich for supper. I can't eat tomatoes, I'm allergic, but she said it was really good.

*hugs*

[irishjeeper.livejournal.com]

Wow. Not bad sweetie. Thanks for the pictures. :)

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Yeah, I really wasn't expecting it to be as bad as they were saying. And you're welcome. I should have some from the other house tomorrow because Mom and Boo brought the cameras.

[irishjeeper.livejournal.com]

yay for more pics!!!

[emocezi.livejournal.com]

This is why I'm glad I live in a land locked province that's not near any fault lines. All we have to worry about up here are tornadoes, wild fires, obscene amounts of snow and winters that last eight months.

I'm glad the hurricane wasn't as bad as everyone was saying. Also glad you guys are safe. :)

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Oh that's all you have to worry about ;-)

Yeah I really wasn't expecting it to be as bad as they were saying here. It was worse elsewhere. And thanks I'm glad we're all okay also.

[paranoid-woman.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad to hear that you are ok... *hugs*

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Thanks. *hugs back* The winds seem to have died down also.

[illfindmyway.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're alright bebe. <3 Don't go too stir crazy and take care.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Thanks. At least I have power and internet. And cable. And Thor :-D

[roxi1013.livejournal.com]

Living in Florida I can relate. That doesn't look too bad at all. The media always makes it seem like it will be the end of the world. I think that just means people start to ignore all the doomsaying and them when it is really bad they don't prepare because they've heard it a dozen times before and nothing happened.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Seriously! They were freaking everyone out and totally freaking out my 94 year old grandmother (I live with her) and then it wasn't nearly as bad here as they were saying. Yes, there were places it was much worse. (And my parents lost a tree in the second round...I'll have pictures tomorrow.) But the creek down the road rose more last year than it did this time.

I do agree with my cousin though when he was complaining about the idiots who won't listen and stay home when they're told. Running out to see the damage is just stupid. Although the cop who wanted to come over and yell at my cousin was hysterical. He's a firefighter in a town that's a square mile. You'd think they'd know each other!

[angels3.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's almost over for you. Your lake looks a lot like my lake everytime we have a hurricane. :) Nice to know I'm not the only one that gets a houseboat.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

The winds have died down so we should have seen the worse of it now. We have kayaks in the garage so our neighbor was joking we could have gotten those out if need be. They belong to my cousins and aunt and uncle, but we could have used them if we needed. I do own a kayak but it's at our other house.

[elebridith]

Phew, glad you're okay! *hugs*

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Yup, we seem to be good. And the water is already receding. I've got pictures from the other house that I'll attempt to upload later today.

Mom and Boo came here to spend the night because they have no power and Mom has to work today. They also had a tree come down on the roof, but it seems to have done minimal damage.

[chrismouse.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're okay, sweetie. We got one bearing down on us, too. We might have to go out to avoid it. And we just got back! There were rumors we wouldn't be coming in at all.

Stay safe.

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Yes, we're good for the most part. Oh man, that is not fun at all for you guys. Makes sense to me that you would go out to sea to avoid it though.

We were discussing what they were going to do with the Intrepid, but I don't know that I ever heard. I might have to look it up and see if I can find out.

I send you a couple of emails, but no hurries. You stay safe too and let me know when you can if you've had any news on your change of station.