Hurricane Irene

[uncleboo]

Well, we made out pretty well here in Edenton. Some trees and alot of limbs all over the place. Some areas of town lost power around 1:00 am Saturday before the real winds even came. Throughout the day the winds got stronger but not until dark did it get ugly. Funny how the winds were only about 50-55 during most of the day and, when the eye was about 50 miles northeast of us, the winds picked up to 70-75 with higher gusts. I lost power at around 8:30 Sat. nite then had it restored at 9:00 Sunday. Although I'm only a 1/4 mi. from the Town of Edenton, I'm on EMC electric and it comes from the other direction, one with minimal damage to power lines. I cleaned my yard up yesterday then went for a look. The town was messy, but, all in all, not too bad a shape. We have around 3 new inlets at the Outer Banks near Rodanthe. (I need a new inlet to cut in around Duck so the Albemarle Sound would get as salty as I want it ). Anyway, I have a few pics that I'll post a little later. Hope everyone else survived with minimal problems.
Boo