Comments | jennylafleur: Hurricane Irene

jennylafleur

Hurricane Irene

Aug 28, 2011 10:00

Hurricane Irene turned out to be rather anti-climactic here. Lots of rain but nowhere near as scary as the violent storm we had on Thursday (that felled that big tree so close to the house ( Read more... )

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joysdaughter August 28 2011, 14:25:51 UTC

Good to get an update - been worrying about my Virginia and area friends rather.

jennylafleur August 29 2011, 13:13:24 UTC

Yeah, I feel like VA is trying to kil us this month!

ext_766784 August 29 2011, 15:31:49 UTC

No kidding! First they send us an earthquake, and then they send us a tropical storm. What would have been Irene's eye, had she made it up here still a hurricane -- which she almost did -- passed within a few blocks of me.

olde_fashioned August 30 2011, 02:45:29 UTC

I heard the media really exaggerated about Irene; glad to hear it wasn't as bad as we were led to believe and that you are safe! :)

marcine August 30 2011, 20:30:08 UTC

Good to hear Irene was kind to you. She was a lot more forcefull around here. Tons of trees down, lots of people still without power and numerous homes and businesses damaged. A big tree fell at my parents' house, luckily not right on the house but a huge limb plunged through the roof and into the master bedroom. Thankfully they were at that house at the time, but we have a lot of water damage, dry wall repair and roof replacement in our future. My office just got power back this morning around 11, but I don't expect to get power at home until Friday or Saturday. Fun fun.