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

[uncleboo]

One of the new inlets on Hatteras Island.

Where I launch my boat.

Edenton waterfront. Tide is about 6" over land Sunday.

My pile!

My front yard after all the sweating.

[NoBones]

Boo, glad you came through basically unscathed!!
Now go change that bent blade on the rider and
for gods sake man put up some of that fancy fencing
you sell...

Lookin' good man!!

See ya, Ken

Oh yeah, looks like the pic was taken from a golf cart.

[uncleboo]

Thanks. No bent blade. It's the yard that's uneven. I just bought a Hustler ztr mower last week! Funny that I sell fence for a living, but, love my open yard. That pic was taken from my front porch. No golf cart yet, but, it's on the list. Trying to sell my daughter's 4-wheeler, (with her approval), and my old mower first.

[ricknewman]

The power came back on in Hatteras villiage today and some phone service. It will probably be a month before hwy 12 can be fixed. They are supposed to set up a ferry to bring supplies to those that are trapped. The towns north of us got the worst of the flooding on the island.

[gofastsandman]

One of the new inlets on Hatteras Island.

Where I launch my boat.

Edenton waterfront. Tide is about 6" over land Sunday.

My pile!

My front yard after all the sweating.

Which one is Uncle Boo inlet?

Auntie Paula lives in Wrightsville Bch. Glad all are well.

It`s a different story for some of my dear old friends in Vt.

Paul "Bakerman" has lost everything. He is a pastry chef and musician. 12 inches of rain in 7 hrs. Many roads there follow the rivers. It is killing me watching all of my old familliar places on the evening news.

The bridge over Quechee Gorge is 163 ft. off the water. Ziggy said the water was over old growth trees.

Simon Pearce is underwater. Stevo`s houses are all flooded.

Saying Vermont and hurricane damage in the same sentence is strange indeed. Four old covered bridges gone. Many other bridges gone. Every dirt road is rough, and there are many.

Here`s the gorge.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lSg9S5o7CM

Leonard`s lp gas co. lost some tanks that went boom on the rocks.

It`s a long walk to a store down by a river in many places.

GFS

[Blue_Heron]

It`s a different story for some of my dear old friends in Vt....

That's for sure. Vermont hasn't seen flooding like this since 1927. This is about five miles upstream on the same river that runs through my sister's property. When we were there in July, we crossed the river on four wheelers without getting our feet wet. Over the weekend, it was running 10' deep and forty mph.

[gofastsandman]

That's for sure. Vermont hasn't seen flooding like this since 1927. This is about five miles upstream on the same river that runs through my sister's property. When we were there in July, we crossed the river on four wheelers without getting our feet wet. Over the weekend, it was running 10' deep and forty mph.

This is heartbreaking. I sit here watching the news and where are they? Woodstock, Vt. Jeffrey, the owner of a local shop was staring back at me.