Days 187-193: A Photo A Day - Hurricane Irene: Before, During & After

09/01/2011

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BEFORE
Thursday, August 25 
Just a normal day in our backyard...
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Mini-mushroom world
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Mondo-mushroom world!
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Budding Rose of Sharon
Friday, August 26  
A gorgeous day!
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Swayze Mill Park - the calm before the storn
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Genesis Farms, Blairstown, NJ
DURING
Sunday, August 28
Power went out last night at midnight. The hurricane is here...
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The barn garage and woodshed in our backyard were flooded
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Mid-afternoon view of our overflowing swamp from the screened upstairs window in my office
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A flooded Swayze Mill Park around 4 pm
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Stormy sky driving around Blairstown, 6 pm
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And then.... the skies cleared... woo-hoo!! Rt. 94, Blairstown, 7 pm
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Hard to believe a hurricane passed through earlier in the day! Rt. 94, Blairstown, 7 pm
AFTER
Monday, August 30
We woke up to a flooded basement
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Ten inches... Ev lost a bin of collectible toys and we spent hours drying off another bin full of hundreds of Ev's family photos
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Swamp water inside our barn garage
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Ev in his hip-waders bringing things out to dry
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Just a few feet away... This spider must have re-built his web very quickly or it withstood hurricane force winds and rain!
Tuesday, August 30
We're till muddling through... no power or water yet. Ev bought a generator this morning. We're able able to save some of our food and get the rest of the water sucked out of the basement.
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Budding baby sunflower picked last week at Genesis Farms
Wednesday, August 31
Our electric was restored around 1 pm today, although didn't have water until evening. 
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And this is how we feel about now -- pooped out!
Thursday, September 1  
Don't have HOT water yet, but working on it!  :)
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