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Post-Irene Post

How are we all doing?

We are doing pretty well here at my house.  We have some friends from Jersey City and Hoboken staying with us since it is flooded at the waterfront.

The inlaws haven't faired as well.  The have flooding all over their town and the river is not set to crest for about another 12 hours.  Hopefully it won't be too terrible, but we are not that optimistic. 

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  • I haven't heard from my sister in VA yet.

    We still have power. They say we aren't out of the woods yet, but I'm optimistic. Lots of sirens, trees down, etc. so we'll be staying put. Over 80% of the people in the area are out of power, so I'm thankful.

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  • Our fence collapsed in areas and the yard is going to need major clean up but al in all it coud have been much worse. We still have power for the time being but we will still be pretty windy for awhile.
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  • Our power flickered a few times but never went out. 75% of central VA is without power. We didn't lose any trees and the one in my neighbors yard fell back into the woods.

    My sister went to check on my parent's house. They have a tree down (I don't think there was damage). No power because there is a tree on the lines about 3 houses down. The neighbors have a tree through their front window :-(

    Maria, where in VA is your sister?

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  • imagesaunderslm2:

    Our power flickered a few times but never went out. 75% of central VA is without power. We didn't lose any trees and the one in my neighbors yard fell back into the woods.

    My sister went to check on my parent's house. They have a tree down (I don't think there was damage). No power because there is a tree on the lines about 3 houses down. The neighbors have a tree through their front window :-(

    Maria, where in VA is your sister?

    She's in Oakton. All is well Big Smile

    A different neighbor of my parents' is an insurance adjustor and says the car that had the tree on it is definitely totaled. Yuck!

    Still nasty and windy here at times.

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  • We are good here! Lights flickered a couple of times and our cable box reset once, but really not a big deal. It is very windy, and I think we still have a good amount of wind coming to us here. We dodged most of the heavy rain, I think it moved more to the west of us in MA.

    My parents in CT have no power and have been pumping water out of the downstairs all night (but that is typical of any rainstorm for them...). They also got a call from my grandma's neighbor telling them that my grandma's tree came down on her fence (neighbor's) and they need to call the insurance company tomorrow. Gee lady, don't bother checking on the 80 year old woman and making sure she is ok, just start complaining about the tree as the storm is still going on. 

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  • We're doing ok. Rain pretty much stopped around 1, but the wind is still whipping like crazy. We lost power for about 1 minute around 2:30, but other than that, it's been on. The fire dept came and pumped the water out of our driveway, which pulled the water out of our garage and finished basement. Then we used the wet-vac for a few hours, and now we've got the fans/dehumidifiers going. I think it's going to be ok, but we'll see.
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  • Glad everyone has made it through. Anyone hear from Kate? I think I heard something about the river she lives by on CNN today.
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    Glad everyone has made it through. Anyone hear from Kate? I think I heard something about the river she lives by on CNN today.

    I haven't heard from her, but there are a lot of power outages in the area so that might be why she is not online.  I have a friend that lives in the next town over from her and he said that there is a lot of flooding in the area.  So hopefully, she is okay.

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  • She said power has been out for hours. The river has flooded the main road which has caused cars to get swept away. It isnt supposed to crest for a bit longer but she thinks her house will be okay.
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  • Glad you girls are ok! Stay safe!
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    She said power has been out for hours. The river has flooded the main road which has caused cars to get swept away. It isnt supposed to crest for a bit longer but she thinks her house will be okay.

    Holy crap. 

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  • Finally have power again! Lots of branches down in the yard, but luckily nothing touching the house or the cars. Very glad it's all minor and happy to have power back on. 
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  • We didn't lose power. We have some water in the cellar, but it isn't too bad. Trees and branches down around us. Our yard has some debris, but nothing that a few hours of cleaning won't fix.
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  • Make sure to have an adjuster check your roof for damage you may not be able to see. And keep an eye out for water spots on your ceiling. Ours didn't show up until 2 days later.

    So glad you girls are all safe! xoxo

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  • Glad y'all weathered the storm okay. We had the absolute vey outer edges of it here... Meaning it was windy and no rain. I can imagine how intense it was for anyone going through the real thing! Hope the river leaves Kate alone.
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  • Glad to hear everyone is doing ok! We are having stronger winds now than we did during the day. Lights flickered again once or twice, but nothing major. We have no large limbs or branches down in our yard--just lots of leaves and small sticks (so far anyway...) Hopefully we wake up to find nothing more.
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  • imagealissa2128:
    Glad to hear everyone is doing ok! We are having stronger winds now than we did during the day. Lights flickered again once or twice, but nothing major. We have no large limbs or branches down in our yard--just lots of leaves and small sticks (so far anyway...) Hopefully we wake up to find nothing more.

    This is us. The wind is high pitched howling. Quite freaky!

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  • I'm so glad you are all safe and well! I can't imagine how scary this all has been for you all!
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  • Glad everyone is okay for the most part!
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  • We just got power back today. There is a ton of flooding around us, entire trees have uprooted and fallen, and lots of structural damage to buildings/houses from wind & debris damage.

    Thankfully our apt didn't flood & the 4 of us are safe! Our neighbor 3 door's down had a tree fall into their sliding back door and is now in their living room. :( No one was hurt but they do have a lot of damage. 

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