Hurricane Irene Video

As promised here is some video we took from Irene.

Post-Hurricane Irene

We survived Hurricane, um correction, Tropical Storm Irene!  We were on the rainy side of the storm instead of the windy side-sorry Eastern Connecticut and elsewhere.  Not sure how much rain we got as we haven't seen the news since Sunday (our cable was restored Tuesday evening and power was restored at one o'clock this morning), but the last I heard a town close to us had over eight inches of rain-that's over two month's worth of rain in less than a day.  We luckily did not have any collateral damage other than a few, manageable tree limbs down and about an inch of water in the basement. And leaves everywhere!  Here are some pictures we took over the course of the last couple of days.  I'll post a couple of videos later.  On a side note I just heard Ross make a startled noise out back-bet he just stepped in a puddle of water again!

Hurricane Irene

The local news have been reporting straight since three this afternoon.  At one point we switched to another channel just for a break from the news.  Earlier today we received an auto message from CL&P, our power company, stating that electric in areas may be out for several days and to stay clear of downed  lines.  I keep looking at a map (a screenshot above) of the projected path of the storm.  To give you an idea the pink line is the storm's projected path and our street is in the top, left corner (off of Rt. 202); Irene is on a direct course to us.  The rain is falling.  The wind is starting to blow.  Twelve to eighteen more hours to go.  We are just a little stressed.

Waiting out the hurricane.

Yes, the stupid hurricane is on its way to Connecticut! We are stocked up on canned goods, food storage, gas in the tanks, and the generator is on standby. The bee hives are tied together, and the chickens are tucked away in their coop. Waiting for the hurricane to hit land is putting us on pins and needles. Church is cancelled for tomorrow. Now it is the waiting game.