Hurricane Irene

[dongringo]

Everyone OK on the East Coast?

How bad is it? I tend to distrust the news media.

[Rich B]

The eye passed 30 miles to the east of me(Va Beach, VA) and despite the torrential rains (we had about 6 inches), the winds were not too bad. But once the storm passed me and went up the coast during the night, the winds surprisingly got stronger and howled all night long. As soon as the sun comes up, I'll be surveying the damage outside. I'm hoping all I have to do is some yard raking. As for inside, all my ceilings are dry.

[dongringo]

Thanks Rich. Glad you remained dry.

[Finale]

We don't tend to delete threads where possible. I've archived it instead

[ERinVA]

I have moved this back to the active forum for a bit because although dongringo might think it's over, those of us who went through it wouldn't necessarily say that. As with Rich B., I came through the storm fine, but there was a lot of rain, and I mean a LOT of rain! Plenty of wind too, but not as bad as could have been. I kept my power throughout the day of the storm only to have it go out at 8 that evening when the eye had passed. As Rich said, the winds actually picked up at that point, which is what did it for the power here. Anyway, I have been without power until about 30 minutes ago. Now I get to toss out everything in my fridge. Well, it needed cleaning out anyway. Some other members up and down the coast have also been impacted by the storm, either by loss of power or by flooding, and perhaps some property damage, so we are not all back to things as usual just yet.

[CJ-Rochester]

Glad to see you back online Ellen. Tending to this forum within 30 minutes of having your power restored. Now that's dedication!

[ERinVA]

Not tending, actually. I just wanted to respond to that thread, as Rich was certainly not the only person who went through the storm, so that is why I pulled it out of the archive.