Well Hurricane Irene ripped through our little town and even though we were prepared, it was scary. What we were not prepared for were the intense winds after the hurricane passed through - it must have been the tail end winds... but Sunday night was much more dangerous than early Sunday morning was. Living in an area with so many trees doesn't help so we all slept in our basement for two nights until everything finally passed.
They gathered lots of little nature treasures from the debris. We had a lot of trees and power lines down but it was mostly cleared up in our neighborhood by the time we went on our walk.
The first day of public school in our town was supposed to be this past Monday but they already had to cancel school two days. Imagine already accumulating 'snow days' before the year even begins!
The rest of the town didn't fair as well as we did and I will try to take photos of things I see when we get out and about. The weather after a hurricane is the most beautiful weather you could imagine.
At our home, we were lucky to only lose one small tree and it did not hit our home. It ALMOST hit our deck but thankfully it didn't. Brian was so happy to have a opportunity to use his chainsaw!
Needless to say, I know my girls will remember this experience forever... sleeping the basement with our entire family and grandma was a lot of fun but we are glad to be safe and get back to normal.
Did Irene come your way?
After a long summer and then having this week of poor weather and Hurricane Irene, we were all a little restless to say the least. Tensions were building and the girls were running out of things to play. Amazingly, we did not lose power during the storm - we always lose power so this was a huge blessing ... BUT the power went out last night after everything - thankfully, it was only for a few hours. Today I took the girls out on a 'Hurricane Hike' to see what we could find.
They gathered lots of little nature treasures from the debris. We had a lot of trees and power lines down but it was mostly cleared up in our neighborhood by the time we went on our walk.
The first day of public school in our town was supposed to be this past Monday but they already had to cancel school two days. Imagine already accumulating 'snow days' before the year even begins!
The rest of the town didn't fair as well as we did and I will try to take photos of things I see when we get out and about. The weather after a hurricane is the most beautiful weather you could imagine.At our home, we were lucky to only lose one small tree and it did not hit our home. It ALMOST hit our deck but thankfully it didn't. Brian was so happy to have a opportunity to use his chainsaw!
Needless to say, I know my girls will remember this experience forever... sleeping the basement with our entire family and grandma was a lot of fun but we are glad to be safe and get back to normal.
Did Irene come your way?
1 comments:
a memory they will love to recall for sure! glad you all are safe :)
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