Irene

We got home from Hilton Head after a 14 1/2 hour drive on Friday, August 26th. We went inland a little to avoid Hurricane Irene evacuation traffic, so it took as a little longer. We also stopped in Harrisonburg to stock up on ice and water. We slept well in our own beds and started prepping first thing the next morning. We didn't quite finish before the rain started, but at least the wind wasn't blowing yet.

Audrey helped fill up the bath tub with water, just in case.

Having trouble going to bed with all the storm noise

The rain and wind pressed on all night, but the morning was clear and calm- but dark in our house since the power with out in the middle of the night. Other than that, the only evidence of Irene for us was lots of leaves down.

A tree in our alley fell, taking out someone's garage and everyone power.

Our neighborhood lost about six big trees

Damaged several smaller trees

Lots of power lines down

Lots of sticks and leaves came down, many of which

would be later collected by Audrey.

We were pleased that Irene didn't cause too much damage, she had weakened to tropical storm status for us. We suffered without power for 4 days which was not too bad all things considered.