Good Bye Irene....

These folks had come to see what was left of one of the oldest historical cottages on the beach.  Unfortunately all that was left was these stairs. What a shock ! I think this picture sort of says what everyone is feeling when they see the damage done by a hurricane.

Nags Head North Carolina that was hit very bad.  Here is one of several floating houses.

The pier at Atlantic Beach

This is the main drag in the Outer Banks.  The road is washed away in twelve different places.  This will take some time to rebuild. Many people were cut off because of these road breaks.

Loss of power and downed trees are the worst inconveniences of a storm. They also can cause the most injury after the storm.

North Carolina made it through the storm.  I think we were hit with the highest winds[gusts of 85 to 100 miles an hour], most rainfall [14 to 18 inches in some places], and a lot of damage, as many as 1100 homes lost. Total dead for North Carolina 7 from the storm.  Thankfully, all my family and friends are fine with little to no damage.  I am so blessed.  I want to thank everyone who sent me kind thoughts and prayers. I really appreciated it. More than you probably realize.

There will be a lot of clean up in the next few days and weeks from this storm. All up and down the East Coast. I hope all of my blog friends are all right. I am thinking of you. Yesterday as I listened to two talk radio condemn all the hype of this storm all I could think of was 44 dead in 13 states.  Several billion dollars in damages.  True it was not a Fran or Andrew or even Katrina, but it was large, brought lots of rain and wind, and impacted a very large area.  I am thanking my lucky stars and hoping every one is fine regardless of what any one else says!