Hurricane Irene, lets see some pics and stories

[albiealert]

I am cooped up in the house until tomorrow and going crazy. I don't think we will get too much damage in Ct. How about you guys, do you have any Irene pictures or hurricane stories?

[surfstix1963]

nothing much to see on long island yet I think Jersey is probably starting to get it now we are not suppose to get much other than wind and rain after midnight then the heavier stuff will be coming through tomorrow morning through the day and should be out of here by the late afternoon we'll see how that works out.

[DarkSkies]

Pebbles and I were driving around today in the beautiful NJ Summer weather pattern....:rolleyes:
Not many people around except the nuts who just had to be out there taking pics like us :kooky:

(Hey, at least I didn't drag her out fishin, and we got to eat the best ice cream banana splits at Nagles in Ocean Grove for only $6!!! :drool: )

Belmar area...

Dunkin Donuts, go away Irene, etc....

[DarkSkies]

Wpix

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Come on Irene!
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[DarkSkies]

Do ya think someone was a little buzzed when they wrote this? :cool:


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[DarkSkies]

Spring Lake looking towards Manasquan Inlet.
This was about 3 hours into the flood tide, 3 hours before high.




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The tower, kinda foggy at the time preventing a clear view of MI
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[DarkSkies]

Belmar and the Shark River Inlet

Belmar side

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Bradley Beach
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Heavy current flow into Shark River
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[DarkSkies]

Asbury 8th ave



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[DarkSkies]

Allenhurst

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[DarkSkies]

Monmouth Beach



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To the far left of this pic is where the surf first started to breach the seawall. This was about 2 hours before high tide. :eek:

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[DarkSkies]

Sea Bright was closed unless you had to get back in, due to the sea wall being breached.

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At this point the back Twin Rivers area was still ok, but this was 3 1/2 hours before high tide back there.
View of the back of Monmouth Beach, view of rising water in the Shrewsbury River.

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[DarkSkies]

Bennys/Irene go home

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Talked to Speedy before he just came off the roof :kooky::d I think he casted a plug up there to test swim it:laugh::laugh:.

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In the pic above you can see Speedy testing one of his new plugs. :plastered:
He's up on the roof of the house, in the middle of the pic, wearing his plug testing gear.....:laugh: :HappyWave:








The bottom pic illustrates what the towns were doing to prevent their saltwater "lakes" from breeching. They had generators and pumps constantly running to immediately pump the excess water back to the ocean.

[jigfreak]

Love those Mikes pizza signs ds. "Blow us Irene", priceless.

[bababooey]

Good night Eileen/Irene, some great humor by those folks who stayed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLHUThBib8

[jonthepain]

ha ha you guys are nuts

great photojournalist work, rich. wtg

[jonthepain]

route 12 in Hatteras got hit pretty hard. Ocean went through and formed a new inlet.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/jonthepain/hatteras2.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/jonthepain/hatteras1.jpg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e248/jonthepain/hatteras3.jpg

[Monty]

Awesome pics Jonthepain, That new inlet shows the power of mother nature.

I took a ride around the neighborhood and took a few pics (was hungry and found some pizza).

http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_8_27_Storm1.jpg
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_8_27_Storm2.jpg
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_8_27_Storm3.jpg
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_8_27_Storm4.jpg
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_8_27_Storm5.jpg

[jonthepain]

nice wheels!

[surfstix1963]

nice wheels for sure looks like NC took the brunt of it again.I think something's telling us not to move so close to the shore as we wanted to.But I probably won't listen.

[jonthepain]

I think something's telling us not to move so close to the shore as we wanted to.


nonsense.

[bababooey]

nice wheels for sure looks like NC took the brunt of it again..

It looks like you guys in NC did take the brunt of it, jon. I think we got lucky up here.These are some NC pictures I found, scary stuff! Monty, really liked that pink car, was it a Buick?

[strikezone31]

Never underestimate the power of the sea. Awesome pictures guys thanks for posting.

[jigfreak]

Looks like a few new inlets are in store for north carolina?

[surferman]

I took a ride around yesterday afternoon in S Jersey and didn't see much damage except for where the water had risen a bit high. Holgate got hammered, though, here is a view that was internet posted of the beach entrance.

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[cowherder]

Very cool pics guys its amazing that more people didn't have damage. Monty I wonder why your neighbor doesn't have that car in a garage? It looks too nice to keep outside.

[williehookem]

It looks like you guys in NC did take the brunt of it, jon. I think we got lucky up here.These are some NC pictures I found, scary stuff! Monty, really liked that pink car, was it a Buick?

Lots of videos on the net now, heres one of Pea Island. The one below it is of hurricane chasers Reed Timmer or Jim Edds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG1gqATDax4&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUxDi9Yyhgw&feature=relmfu

[williehookem]

some from Eastport and Moriches guys posted up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ypDALDKx-44






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB626BU99hY&feature=player_embedded








babylon time lapse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=cMFKBg3BAPQ

[albiealert]

Some great pics and videos there guys. Thanks for sharing. It looks like a lot of folks had the gumption to say FU to the hurricane. Good for you and glad not many died. In situations like this if we can't laugh we could end up losing everything so might as well grab a brew and hope for the best. Let's hope that was the worst one of the fall huricanes.

[VSdreams]

It looks like a lot of folks had the gumption to say FU to the hurricane. Good for you and glad not many died.

Same sentiments here too. Thanks for posting those.

[rockhopper]

Cool pics from the Daily News.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/galleries/hurricane_irene/hurricane_irene.html

Speedy aka spiderman, love it!:clapping::clapping:

[porgy75]

Speedy is Spiderman, who would have known?:laugh:
Those pictures and videos really show the power of a storm, thanks for sharing them fellas.

[surferman]

Further update on Holgate I found:


"Chunks of olden concrete, placed decades back, got deposited up high, where we drive the beach just after coming on. The Forsythe fencing with the informational material was lost. George seems to think the entrance can be fixed once some sand reforms nearby – offering a much needed source of material to push over the debris. Per visual inspection, Holgate once again bent but didn’t break."

[surfstix1963]

Irene approaching North Carolina Holy Crap!!!

[speedy]

went down to the beach on sunday to see what the storm did as we walked my 3 year old said look sponge bobs house he was flipping out here is a pic of what he seen .lol the other pic is the lake on asbury side

[DarkSkies]

Awesome pics guys. :thumbsup: :HappyWave:
Love the SpongeBob reference Speedy.



Here's some Fin sent of the Willowbrook/Wayne area. I did a lot of driving for work yesterday and there were quite a few areas still in trouble or cleaning out. Anyone who lived by a river or even small stream had trouble from Irene.

[DarkSkies]

more...

[buckethead]

busted transformer

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[jonthepain]

dang.

[DarkSkies]

More pics sent by Fin, thanks. Some flooded lagoon areas in Ocean County




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[Monty]

Its incredible how lives are changed from one storm These people still have their homes, but they lost lots of their possessions. Drove around with my wife for a little, was very depressing, felt sorry for the people.

http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_9_2_Flood4.jpg
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_9_2_Flood1.jpg
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_9_2_Flood2.jpg
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_9_2_Flood3.jpg

[DarkSkies]

Those pics are powerful, Monty. To think of all their stuff that got ruined. There were people without power for a week, and some didn't have water. Imagine running your daily life in your house, without water. That's gotta suck. http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/images/icons/icon9.png
Thanks for posting, I think it's hard for some of us to realize what these people are still going through. The pictures show it better than any words could.

[finchaser]

Those pics are powerful, Monty. To think of all their stuff that got ruined. There were people without power for a week, and some didn't have water. Imagine running your daily life in your house, without water. That's gotta suck. http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/images/icons/icon9.png
Thanks for posting, I think it's hard for some of us to realize what these people are still going through. The pictures show it better than any words could.

Thank god for BEER parts of Manasquan still have no power

[jonthepain]

re: that last snapshot - not sure how floodwater could ruin plastic lawn chairs, but ok.

[DarkSkies]

Sent in by OGB, thanks.


Fwd: 25 Frightening Photos Of Hurricane Irene's Destruction










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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/23/enhanced-buzz-27601-1314587482-0.jpg Greenwich, Connecticut.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/16/enhanced-buzz-9707-1314562977-14.jpg East Lake Road in Woodstown, New Jersey. .
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/19/enhanced-buzz-9703-1314572472-9.jpg Princeton, New Jersey PATH train station stop. .
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/19/enhanced-buzz-9712-1314572690-6.jpg Governor Cuomo's car in Margaretville, NY. .
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/19/enhanced-buzz-9683-1314574378-14.jpg Route 12 is broken in 5 places on Hatteras Island, N.C. About 2,500 people are stuck on Hatteras Island because of this.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/19/enhanced-buzz-9711-1314574483-12.jpg One of the few American elms remaining in New York City was downed in Brooklyn.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/19/enhanced-buzz-9704-1314574641-9.jpg Virginia Dept. Of Transportation workers place hose to pump out floodwater at the entrance of Midtown Tunnel prior to its scheduled opening in Norfolk, Va. Yes, cars are supposed to go through this.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/19/enhanced-buzz-9702-1314575287-12.jpg Bob Bianchini an engineer from the public works department, out for a safety inspection, is slammed by waves and storm surge pounding the boardwalk and the beach in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/19/enhanced-buzz-9689-1314575334-9.jpg Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/19/enhanced-buzz-9713-1314575804-13.jpg Fleischmanns, NY.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/29/0/enhanced-buzz-27594-1314591125-0.jpg Route 100 in Vermont.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/29/11/enhanced-buzz-3749-1314633337-6.jpg Billy Stinson comforts his daughter, Erin, as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood in Nags Head, North Carolina. The home, built in 1903 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was destroyed by Hurricane Irene.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/20/enhanced-buzz-9705-1314577486-12.jpg Tannersville, Greene County, NY.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/20/enhanced-buzz-9704-1314578754-11.jpg Windham, NY.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/21/enhanced-buzz-9709-1314582774-9.jpg Jackie Sparnackel has to abandon her van and her belongings after she ventured to check out the storm-damaged pier in Frisco, N.C.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/21/enhanced-buzz-9707-1314582817-18.jpg The hurricane-force winds of Irene rip the siding off of homes in Nags Head, N.C.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/22/enhanced-buzz-9683-1314583430-17.jpg Harwington, Connecticut.
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http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/8/28/22/enhanced-buzz-27047-1314583607-0.jpg Damaged water tower in Cary, North Carolina.

http://thejunksireceive.blogspot.com/2011/08/fwd-25-frightening-photos-of-hurricane.html

[hookset]

Wow. It is amazing to think of what some folks went through, and with all the rains this week it will be even worse. It's like a death lottery, where you don't want to be the one who wins it. I saw about 10 trees between yesterday and today that were laying down on there sides.

[VSdreams]

dark skies, those pics are awsome, thanks to ogb too. Here is one I forgot I had, blown up transformer.

[VSdreams]

dark skies, those pics are awsome, thanks to ogb too. Here is one I forgot I had, blown up transformer.

[captnemo]

Does anyone remember Irene? Sandy will be much worse.