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[quote=NC_Skins;828616]I will never date a woman named Irene. Spent all day today cleaning up the debris and yard left by her mess.


Here are a few pics from the area. Let me know if you can't see them. I have the access level set to public though.

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More pics of damage to ECU.

[url=http://www.wral.com/weather/image_gallery/10055941/]Irene damage at ECU :: WRAL.com[/url]

[url=http://www.reflector.com/slideshow/reflector-photos-images-hurricane-irene-658643]REFLECTOR PHOTOS: Images from Hurricane Irene | The Daily Reflector[/url]


We still have people without power here. (my parents one of them)[/quote]

Wow......thats a mess!
Tree service people are going to be raking it in the next few weeks.

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11 hours no power, but I have a generator. that's it. no trees down, no flooding, no issues. springfield, VA.

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damage in my area

[URL="http://www.timesunion.com/news/slideshow/Irene-strikes-Capital-Region-30568.php"]Irene strikes Capital Region - Times Union[/URL]

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That looks really bad Mattyk. Vermont got owned too. It's funny, people here are talking about how the hurricane is overhyped because it wasn't that bad locally. They fail to realize dozens of people died, over 7B in damages and 5M power outages.

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[quote=hooskins;828693]That looks really bad Mattyk. Vermont got owned too. It's funny, people here are talking about how the hurricane is overhyped because it wasn't that bad locally. They fail to realize dozens of people died, over 7B in damages and 5M power outages.[/quote]

Yeah I really don't understand people b*tching about this "overhype." People should be thankful if nothing happened to them and that they were prepared for the worst.

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it was a lot worse in richmond than most anticipated. no power at anyone's house i know right now except my sisters. I have 2 neighbors where trees have come through their roofs. its alot more damage than expected.

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Heres a pic of my neighbor across the street 2 doors down (it hit the persons house next to him). There is TONS of this around Richmond. Fortunately we didnt really get any real flooding. Theres a 1 foot wide by 40 foot tree that is suspended by power lines i have to drive under to get out of neighborhood . Ive done it 3 times now and i cringe each time. [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]One thing that is quite remarkable is how fast the clean up has been. Yesterday morning there were a lot of tree like this blocking roads, by the evening the majority of them got cleaned up.[/FONT][/COLOR]


[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Im still without power. At least half of the people i work with are also without power. Sucks. Ive heard Dominion is supposed to come out with a timeline later today.[/FONT][/COLOR]

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[quote=hooskins;828693]That looks really bad Mattyk. Vermont got owned too. It's funny, people here are talking about how the hurricane is overhyped because it wasn't that bad locally. They fail to realize dozens of people died, over 7B in damages and 5M power outages.[/quote]

Yeah a lot of places in my area got hit really hard with flooding. I don't live too far from VT and they got hammered. We had some recent storms so the ground was already soaked. All this rain just had nowhere to go.

I agree, this storm wasn't overhyped. Maybe for some areas it was, but in general it's better to be safe than sorry, especially considering what happened with Katrina.

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I'm sorry for the damage to your communities, guys.

And yes, when it comes to hurricanes it is far better to be overhyped than underhyped.

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Damn Matty, that's pretty frightening.



More pics on destruction. Some of those places up north got trashed/flooded big time.
[url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/frightening-hurricane-irene-destruction-photos]25 Frightening Photos Of Hurricane Irene's Destruction: Pics, Videos, Links, News[/url]

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Obviously loss of life is the heart wrenching and by far the worst thing that happened, especially that 11 year old kid from va beach. I also feel terrible for all the people that lost their homes or had property damage or money they loose from not being able to work or having to throw all their food away. But i also hate seeing a lot of these huge really nice mature trees come down, especially considering how many of them fell.

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I just hope the next big one is not ignored or played down.

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[quote=NC_Skins;828703]Damn Matty, that's pretty frightening.



More pics on destruction. Some of those places up north got trashed/flooded big time.
[URL="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/frightening-hurricane-irene-destruction-photos"]25 Frightening Photos Of Hurricane Irene's Destruction: Pics, Videos, Links, News[/URL][/quote]

unbelievable pics

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[quote=hooskins;828693]That looks really bad Mattyk. Vermont got owned too. [B]It's funny, people here are talking about how the hurricane is overhyped [/B]because it wasn't that bad locally. They fail to realize dozens of people died, over 7B in damages and 5M power outages.[/quote]

that sounds like Northern Virginia

i feel extremely lucky walking through my neighborhood

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[quote=NC_Skins;828703]Damn Matty, that's pretty frightening.



More pics on destruction. Some of those places up north got trashed/flooded big time.
[url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/frightening-hurricane-irene-destruction-photos]25 Frightening Photos Of Hurricane Irene's Destruction: Pics, Videos, Links, News[/url][/quote]

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[quote]Jackie Sparnackel has to abandon her van and her belongings after she ventured to check out the storm-damaged pier in Frisco, N.C.[/quote]

WTF is wrong with people? Seriously!