Irene’s aftermath
August 29, 2011
Some photos depicting the wreckage. Checked in with my family in New Jersey, still not power but everyone is alright. (phew!)
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Hurricane Irene Aftermath on East Coast


People look over the damage to Sue and Jack Holloway’s home on Crab Apple Court in the Nassau Station development in Lewis, Del., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. (The News Journal, Suchat Pederson/AP Photo)

The Windham, NY fire chief says that downtown Windham has been ‘wiped out’ after hurricane Irene swept the area on Aug. 28, 2011. (Stringer-Net)

Tracks at Metro-North’s Tuckahoe station were flooded to the third rail at 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 28 after Irene made its way north. (Photo by Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

Officials survey the damage to route 12 on Hatteras Island, N.C. on Aug. 28, 2011. Hurricane Irene swept through the area Saturday cutting the roadway in five locations. Irene caused more than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the East Coast to reportedly lose power over the weekend, and at least 11 deaths were blamed on the storm. (Steve Helber/AP Photo)

High winds from Hurricane Irene knocked down five large trees in front of the East River Cooperative Village apartment buildings along Grand Avenue August 28, 2011 in New York City. The hurricane hit New York as a Category 1 storm before being downgraded to a tropical storm. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority provided an image of a deserted Grand Central Terminal in New York, Aug. 27, 2011. (Marjorie Anders/NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority/AP Photo)

A satellite image from NASA shows Hurricane Irene slamming the east coast, Aug. 27, 2011. (NASA)
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