On the Edge of Irene

We mostly missed Irene.

The kids and I decided as we drove around that we would categorize Irene by the number of trees we saw uprooted.  We found 2, thus we decided Irene was a Category 2 hurricane.

Here are some pictures.

Typical debris in our neighborhood, along with dead branches of all sizes.  

Thank goodness for a gasoline blower.  The whole yard looks like this.

The tree we're glad stayed strong. 

Another tree that doesn't give us warm fuzzies in a storm.

This one aims for the car, which we parked in the garage.  Below is the mosquito dunk in  the hole in the tree.
At some point this tree needs to come down. 

I added the new mosquito dunk when I found the little wrigglers  the  morning after the storm.

Sure glad this didn't hit our house.

In all seriousness, we're thankful to have missed the brunt of this storm,
and our prayers are with those who are dealing with physical injury or property damage.