Good morning! How did everyone do with Irene?

vtkgirl77 · August 2011

I am pleasantly surprised this morning that we still have power and water and that there was no damage to our house. However, I'm keeping the flashlights nearby and I'm not throwing out my pots of water yet. I know I'm not totally in the clear.

I hope that everyone is okay and safe right now.

WinesNot Whines · August 2011

We made it until 4:30 am, but then we lost power. Sigh.

jenn248 · August 2011

So far, so good here in Arlington (Ballston) - we have power but no damages, as far as I can tell, although we haven't actually left the house yet. I heard from my parents in DE, just outside of Rehoboth, and they are also doing fine. They didn't even lose power, although they think there is probably some flooding in the neighborhood.

jenarella · August 2011

Ashburn - still have power, no damage (at least that we can see from indoors)

My sister's in Rockville - couple of giant limbs barely missed their house, still have power

My parents in Dutchess County NY - waiting to see - they did get their boat out yesterday.

MrsHabious · August 2011

We lost power last night but it was back on by the time I woke up - thank goodness!

kiahj · August 2011

Boy was that scary at points last night! I thought my windows were going to explode! All is well this morning though - no house damage, still have power in the Colesville section of Silver Spring. Pretty tired though - my pup was a nervous nelly until about 4am, so I may spend some time napping today.

kafunder · August 2011

Here in Alexandria, we lost power around 10pm last night after it flicked and off all night before that. It came back on around 1:45am, and stayed on except a few flickers here and there. Other than that, it doesn't look like there is any damage. We might take the kids out when they wake up from their naps at noon b/c we all have cabin fever and it looks like the sun is coming out.

Sofka · August 2011

all's well here

Mrs_Lady · August 2011

we're ok. we moved in just before the rain started yesterday

we have dominion. only issue I noticed since we moved in is the ugly back yard with the concrete area that became a slight holding spot for the rain water yesterday thankfully the water went away on it

dmuppet7 · August 2011

Grateful to say it was fairly uneventful for us! My sister and her SO were in town and we were able to go to Centreville and hang out at my brother's (all eight of us - fun!). Made for a very cozy evening of dinner and board games and Dance Central and then karaoke when we came back home.

Hope everyone else is okay and those without power get it back ASAP!

kastle · August 2011

we're fine with power/water/no damage, however some large limbs of trees on my block fell. the miracle is that they didn't take out power lines or do any damage to anything other than fences!

A few blocks away, though, a huge tree took down power and is blocking the street. that is a mess!

KimWard · August 2011

Everything is fine (we're in the west end of Alexandria). Power went off for like a minute in the middle of the night, but that's all. I'm debating about going to the movies to see Harry Potter- it seems like the bad weather's gone.

Artslvr · August 2011

Power went out at 1:30 am, back on at 10:30 am here in Springfield.

Other than that, everything seems fine.

We did borrow a generator for a few hours, just to keep the fridges and freezers going.

Didn't sleep though. Sleep (I can't tell if that emoticon is sleep or yawning - I'm yawning because of not much sleep!)

mssaint · August 2011

If I could do the crying emoticons from my phone, I would. Power went out at 5:45 pm, back on at 9:40, waking up the baby, and back off sometime overnight. It's still off.
I went for a walk and there is no visible damage in my neighborhood. Yet no power.

cheekywife · August 2011

i am still in MA, the rain and wind have been intense but so far we still have power and no damage. DH is in DC and doing fine (thankfully, our building has a generator so he was likely to have power regardless). i just got out of my pajamas and am thinking of making a lunchtime batch of cava and st-germain to share with my grandma. really hoping that i might be able to get back to DC tomorrow but thinking it may be tuesday

stay safe everyone!

tomandcourt · August 2011

Ditto. Plus after that DS's white noise stopped working, he woke up with all the noise and freaked and would NOT fall back asleep. Took him to bed with me where neither of us really slept. I took two naps today :-)We're still without power, so we're heading for an errand and then going to my dad's for a bit.

tomandcourt · August 2011

WinesNot Whines:
We made it until 4:30 am, but then we lost power. Sigh.

Ditto. Plus after that DS's white noise stopped working, he woke up with all the noise and freaked and would NOT fall back asleep. Took him to bed with me where neither of us really slept. I took two naps today :-)We're still without power, so we're heading for an errand and then going to my dad's for a bit.

Whoo · August 2011

Fine here in Burke. We have power and no damage. I am thankful! In the small trip I took I saw a tree down and a lot of branches around.

LondonMouse · August 2011

Just a rainy night in Loudoun. Hope everyone who lost power gets it back soon!

Litasail · August 2011

We lost power around 430, too, and it's still out. Not expecting to have it for a few days, given what they're saying. Does anyone know at what point we should start grilling everything in our freezer?

kastle · August 2011

Litasail:
We lost power around 430, too, and it's still out. Not expecting to have it for a few days, given what they're saying. Does anyone know at what point we should start grilling everything in our freezer?

generally, freezer is good for 48hrs. post-power-loss.

living_insanity · August 2011

We just flew back from OH and the house looks good! A few branches in the yard but nothing huge

megstoo · August 2011

I'm in Burke and power flickered once in the middle of the night. We had some tree branches down but nothing major. Spent about an hour cleaning up the front yard and I wasn't going to start on the back since it was still very wet. Our backyard is nothing but tall tree's so no grass even grows.

Good morning! How did everyone do with Irene?

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