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Nan Quilts 08-30-2011 08:13 AM

So glad to hear you are ok. Scarey time! :lol: :lol: :lol:

maryb44662 08-30-2011 08:41 AM


Originally Posted by May in Jersey
On Saturday night weather reports were that when Irene hit our area the winds would be between 50-65 so I knew we would be OK as we've weathered many storms like that. Rain did come down heavy in sheets and the winds were blowing but mostly it was just a heavy rain storm for us.

Township had residents in a low lying area evacuate and suggested that anyone who has had flooding in the past to evacuate also. We did lose power on and off around midnight on Sat. but Irene just left some small branches and lots of leaves on the ground in our area. We lost our cable TV, internet and phone for all of Sunday until about 3 am Monday morning. Boy did I miss my contact with the outside world. Just hope everyone else had as few problems as we did. May in Jersey

I'm with you. I am 60 miles South of Richmond VA and we got the outer bands of rain from the storm (the Coast got it bad) and a little wind. Isabelle was worse for my area. Lost power for about six hours. Glad it is over with for this small area. There are a lot of people, businesses and schools without power yet in the Richmond, and Coastal areas. Will take some time for the power companies to find the problems and remove all the trees and debre. We are very lucky. Vermont is a very sad area with all the flooding according to the news. Glad you are safe and just keep on quilting...hehe, Mary

mrs. fitz 08-30-2011 09:21 AM

May in Jersey, in what part of the state do you live? Our area was okay except for Hoboken, 10 minutes from me, which was all over the news due to flooding. Glad to know you're okay.

collady 08-30-2011 12:04 PM

Glad you made it safely through Irene. I worried about all my friends in her path!

pdolls 08-30-2011 03:09 PM

we made out ok on sunday a little rain under the roof vents and a trashed screen house. or so I thought On monday morning found my convertabile with 2 inches of water inside the drivers floor. and on Tues the whole town of Mays Landing flooded. Getting to work and back home has taken almost 4 hrs today

luce321 08-30-2011 03:32 PM

Glad to hear that everything is ok with you and your family. I'm wondering how Krystana made out during the storm. She mentioned that she was not sure if anything would be left when she got back. Has anyone heard anything?

sewNso 08-30-2011 03:38 PM

glad you made it okay. Irene flooding is all over the news in michigan. they're saying Vt. is bad. saw a lady on fox news this morning that said she came in from up state N.Y. and had to take 4 detours to get to N.Y. city. I WAS planning on going to bennington Vt. the 2nd week in sept. May not now.
HOW ARE THE REST OF YOU NEW ENGLANDERS DOING?

ButtermilkMama 08-30-2011 04:03 PM

My DGD's husband works for Asplundh Tree Trimming. That company has over 1000 trucks out there. They will be very busy!!!!We are in Wisconsin.

Glad you escaped the main storm!!!

momto5 08-30-2011 04:30 PM

Glad you all are okay...we just got heavy rain on the coast here in SC, nada for us mid-Carolinians! But all in all, a very nasty storm...

Stitchnripper 08-30-2011 04:30 PM

Glad to hear. My NJ relatives had varying degrees of damage/inconvenience, but they are all well.


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