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

BEFORE
Thursday, August 25 
Just a normal day in our backyard...

Mini-mushroom world

Mondo-mushroom world!

Budding Rose of Sharon

Friday, August 26  
A gorgeous day!

Swayze Mill Park - the calm before the storm

Genesis Farms, Blairstown, NJ

DURING
Sunday, August 28
Power went out last night at midnight. The hurricane is here...

The barn garage and woodshed in our backyard were flooded

Mid-afternoon view of our overflowing swamp from the screened upstairs window in my office

A flooded Swayze Mill Park around 4 pm

Stormy sky driving around Blairstown, 6 pm

And then.... the skies cleared... woo-hoo!! Rt. 94, Blairstown, 7 pm

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

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

Swamp water inside our barn garage

Ev in his hip-waders bringing things out to dry

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.

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. 

And this is how we feel about now -- pooped out!

Thursday, September 1  
Don't have HOT water yet, but working on it!  :)