{"id":9154,"date":"2011-08-28T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=9154"},"modified":"2022-05-22T08:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T13:04:16","slug":"hurricane-irene-now-a-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/hurricane-irene-now-a-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Irene Now a Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hurricane Irene finally finished with the Washington, DC area. We do have one last rain band that needs to work its way through. Then we should have clear skies by noon. I&#8217;ve been up since 5:00 am, partially because I&#8217;m an early riser, partially because I couldn&#8217;t sleep for the obvious reasons. I&#8217;ve noticed the volume of rain and the ferocity of the wind steadily decreasing in the last four hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minor Damage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/blog\/hurricane_irene_damage.jpg\" alt=\"Light Damage from Hurricane Irene. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I conducted a quick check of the neighborhood before anyone else awoke, when the new dawn first revealed any damage. It&#8217;s not too bad all things considered. Hurricane Isabel in 2003 was much worse for us here. I saw a few trees down on the ground, although many less than I expected. Of course I found small debris scattered everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll all have a bit of a chore this afternoon. We&#8217;ll need to pick up the piles of twigs, leaves, branches and such. I&#8217;ll also have to unload the garage which we stuffed to the brim with patio furniture, garbage cans, outdoor toys like the basketball hoop, and anything else that we thought might go flying on the winds last night. Then I&#8217;ll need to figure out what to do with our street sign. I found it on our road this morning, blown from the pole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wind and Power<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/blog\/hurricane_irene_tree_down-a.jpg\" alt=\"Branches Down from Hurricane Irene. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And the winds sure did howl! I slept very restlessly from about midnight to three a.m., as the gusts buffeted walls and rattled windows. The whole family slept down in the basement just to be safe safe. That seemed to make the most sense in a house surrounded by enormous oak trees more than a hundred years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do have an arborist examine the health of the trees every couple of years when we prune the deadwood. However, even though we keep them in good shape, I&#8217;d rather have a couple of floors between their massive girth and our fragile bodies should one decide to topple. Even from our protected cocoon I could still hear the winds wrapping themselves around our home. I could see trees swaying violently when I couldn&#8217;t sleep and I ventured upstairs out of a morbid sense of curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The electricity never went off. The news reporters are warning that it might still happen with the saturated ground and the gusts that will last for several more hours. So I&#8217;ll keep my fingers crossed. I&#8217;m surprised we have power though. 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