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6/08/03

Hurricane Isabel: The scene in pictures

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Willow wants to help Heidi cook. For some reason, her offer went untaken.
Sorena relaxes with a little bedtime reading every night. Two nights ago, it was via flashlight.
The dog porch, which leads into the dog's yard, was covered with leaves. This photo barely does it justice. It's as if someone simply dumped barrels of leaves and branches all over the yard, driveway, and front porch.
This is what we woke up to the morning after Isabel. We were lucky. Not only was it a small tree, but as you can see, we didn't have to cut it to clear the street.
Sorena sits on the trunk of the oak that fell. The view from the back windows has changed irrevocably, and none of us is glad about it.
This is the front view of Heidi and G.'s old house. The yard was full of trees, but not quite like this. The tree fell exactly across the place I used to park my Jeep. The damage isn't very much, but there's a hell of a lot of tree to cut out of the front yard.
A typical scene yesterday and today: Dad's cutting the tree apart, and the family's helping cart the pieces away. This one took a bit of the fence down with it.
Another typical scene is seeing large branches hanging by bits of wood. They're still quite dangerous and need to be removed.
This is right around the corner, but not as bad as it looks. Many people got off with fairly light damage, which is amazing, considering how saturated the soil is.
These folks were the worst off in the area. The trees went through their roof and the winds destroyed their home. Their child got out safely, thankfully.
I went home in the afternoon to see how my apartment was. This was repeated throughout the drive home.
I'm pretty sure I drove under these trees, but not certain. Probably blocked it from my mind afterwards.
The tree wanted one lane of the road, and we all decided to let the tree have it. Yes, I really did drive past this one.
No, I didn't drive down this road. It was perpendicular to the scene at left, and while I was there, I snapped a picture.
All the traffic lights were out, so all the cops were out, too. They did a great job directing traffic, and as this is Virginia, you didn't hear a single horn being blown. Sometimes, that's rough on a former New Jerseyan.

 

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