The Calm After the Storm

Luckily, Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a category 1 just before it touched down in North Carolina or else it could have been a lot worse.

Morehead City did receive some damage but it's nothing that can't be fixed in a reasonable amount of time. Big Rock Stadium did have some flooding and minor damage in case y'all wanted to know. I think we all have to be thankful that we're in relatively good shape after Irene.

I, like many others, did not evacuate for the hurricane. We kind of felt like we owed it to Morehead City and Carteret County to help out if a situation called for it. This was my first official hurricane, and it was a lot scarier than I anticipated it would be. I didn't get much sleep when the hurricane hit in the middle of the night and I certainly thought my dog would be the first one hiding in the corner. She slept through the whole thing.

We eventually went to New Bern to check on some things. New Bern was hit particularly hard. Huge trees laid in the streets. Huge trees laid on houses. Floods were all over the place. It was pretty bad. Once again, I reiterate that it was a category 1. Just unbelievable.

The hurricane then slowly made it's way up New England and absolutely flooded everything in it's path. My hometown in NJ was flooded beyond belief. There's a river that runs straight through my town and needless to say the river ran all over the place afterward. Luckily my family and friends were all unharmed. Hurricane season can't pass soon enough.