This is Irene. Isn't she a beauty?!?! Here in our area we got hit by Irene overnight. We had some rain bands come through earlier in the afternoon, but the real brunt of the storm didn't arrive until around midnight. By 1:10am I was wide awake and listening to water pouring through the leak in my bedroom bay window... AGAIN! We patched the roof with sealant/tar, but obviously we didn't get the right spot. Grrrr. The wind was blowing so hard that the windows were rattling. The big tree out back was swaying around and some smaller twigs fell off. We also had water in the basement but it ran down the floor and out the drain.
From the Carolina's all the way up to the eastern seaboard, Irene made her presence known. There was widespread damage and a couple dozen fatalities. With the extreme size of Irene, it's good that it wasn't any stronger (category 1 at land fall) than it was.
I had to include this picture of Irene. It was taken from the International Space Station. Nature is truly amazing... both for it's destructive properties as well as it's beauty.
So long, Irene!!
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