Well - by Saturday we knew that "Irene" was heading our way. A few precautions paid off. The wind forcast of 40-70 mph didn't pan out - and that was FINE, but we did get at least 6" of rain in less than 12 hours. This was devistating to our region. Thankfully - we're on really high ground. We suffered NO water in in appropriate places, no power loss (not sure how we lucked out there - we usually loose it for awhile), and no downed trees. Really LUCKY. Here are two of Davids Water DIVERSION PIPES - on all the downspouts. The basement stayed DRY!
The back yard did not. Here is a huge puddle forming over the septic area. It is all dry today. We had a beautiful dry 65F day - and are forecast for more of the same all week.
We even brought our little Silver Spangled Hamburgs into the garage for Sunday. We never opend the coop - and these little beauties tend to be at the bottom of the pecking order. So - we saved them the abuse by "crating" them for the day. We also brought the canoes into the garage, lots of potted plants, and patio furniture from the decks.
Now the aftermath. This is Route 2 just East of Brunswick. This is a mile from the girls school. This section is a total wash out. Friends live along this creek and have businesses here. We're not in touch with them (loss of their power) and don't know how they are faring.
The girls and I went up to the Schaghticoke Fair grounds to make their 4H Fair entries today. See
www.tandskill.blogspot.com for all that "news". On the way home I stopped to take a few pictures of the Hoosic River. THis is usually a "small" tributary to the Hudson. OMG - it was just devistating to see. Made my stomach turn over.
Another shot of the Hoosic River.
Then we headed to Lansingburg - along the Hudson. The river, at 4pm, was starting to crest. Realize - this is 24 hours after Irene had departed this region. Just a mess. David's plant is just a few miles up-river from here. They have been shutdown since Saturday - no flooding - the river crested just short of really making a mess of this facility. Local towns, Waterford, Troy, Lansingburg -not so lucky. Lots of homes underwater, lots of roads washed out, lots of homes GONE - even an historic covered bridge in Vermont which took a huge hit from this storm.
The back yard did not. Here is a huge puddle forming over the septic area. It is all dry today. We had a beautiful dry 65F day - and are forecast for more of the same all week.
We even brought our little Silver Spangled Hamburgs into the garage for Sunday. We never opend the coop - and these little beauties tend to be at the bottom of the pecking order. So - we saved them the abuse by "crating" them for the day. We also brought the canoes into the garage, lots of potted plants, and patio furniture from the decks.
Now the aftermath. This is Route 2 just East of Brunswick. This is a mile from the girls school. This section is a total wash out. Friends live along this creek and have businesses here. We're not in touch with them (loss of their power) and don't know how they are faring.
The girls and I went up to the Schaghticoke Fair grounds to make their 4H Fair entries today. See www.tandskill.blogspot.com for all that "news". On the way home I stopped to take a few pictures of the Hoosic River. THis is usually a "small" tributary to the Hudson. OMG - it was just devistating to see. Made my stomach turn over.
Another shot of the Hoosic River.
Then we headed to Lansingburg - along the Hudson. The river, at 4pm, was starting to crest. Realize - this is 24 hours after Irene had departed this region. Just a mess. David's plant is just a few miles up-river from here. They have been shutdown since Saturday - no flooding - the river crested just short of really making a mess of this facility. Local towns, Waterford, Troy, Lansingburg -not so lucky. Lots of homes underwater, lots of roads washed out, lots of homes GONE - even an historic covered bridge in Vermont which took a huge hit from this storm.
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Wow, was wondering how you all fared. Glad to hear you had no major damage or power outages.
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