Good luck! I'm right down the street from you in Raleigh.

I hope you fared well, as for my part in NYC "Queens", My house lost the tree on the front lawn. Thank goodness no fatalities.

Thanks, all, for your good wishes. Irene has come and gone and no problems down here in Morehead City save a lack of power. My boat came through with no damage save one snapped dock line, (how fortunate I listened to more experienced captains and used double lines for this) and a spilled jug of vinegar inside. Many were far less lucky. Things should be back to normal in a few days.

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Damn good news! Good to have ya back.

Good to hear!
I can sleep now

Mel how are your son and granddaughter?
And all the others in that area?

They're fine, thankyou
The only problem was water leaking through the windows and my son lost work as all businesses closed down but things are getting back to normal now

I know moneys not everything but I do feel for all those especially the small businesses, but then I guess others up the coast had it worse with the damage caused to their properties etc but then again what is that compared to the lives lost or injured
I just so thankful that mine are ok

On Facebook, you can like WTEN, our local news station to see lots of photos.

We are dealing w. two major rivers flooding right now. They have closed nearly all bridges in the area. Latest is that a 40 foot long barge with a 30 foot high crane on top has broken loose of its moorings and may be crashing into bridges in the very near future.

=( Stupid Irene!

My house is fine (other than an inch of water in the basement) so we made out very luckily. Our roads and bridges are in a bad way, and many many homes are flooded out... people still evacuating to shelters due to flooding.

Its appalling how wrong the weather predictors can be. This was supposed to be a major wind event, a category 3 (it wasn't, it was a category 1 when it came ashore) and a relatively "dry" hurricane, (as opposed to others that caused major flooding) but most of the damage seems to have been water related.

Better safe than sorry.
To many losts already.

No, the point is, each channel tries to outdo the others in sensationalism to keep viewers watching them. Of course, eventually it will be the old "The Boy Who Cries Wolf" situation and people will ignore a warning that they should be paying attention to.

thats the worrying part