TACKLE Hurricane Irene's Aftermath



Myrtle Beach, SC

 Mother Nature had issues with the East Coast this week.  Earthquakes and a week of threats of  Hurricane Irene plagued the citizens. Our family had concerns in 4 regions along the path of Irene.

1.  The Carolinas

Myrtle Beach , Surfside Beach area, SC, the place of our second home, had alerts coming early in the week.

All outside furniture was moved inside to brace for the threat of Irene.  The hurricane decided to skim past our SC beach house community and slam into North Carolina.  North Carolina's coastline juts out past South Carolina causing frequent storm threats.  This coastal spot was hammered by the hurricane.
   

Virginia Beach, VA

2.  Virginia Beach

Next on the radar was Virginia Beach.  Homebound, our college freshman at Old Dominion University was on standby for the school reopening. 

The city and college lost power and flooding.  Our teen was packed and ready to wait out the storm for a rescheduled move in date. 

Hopefully, she will be settled in her dorm by Wednesday to start her college adventure.  Surrounding cities of Virginia Beach were evacuated as well sending our Christopher Newport University college daughter home for the weekend.  The house is full.

Our home town in Northern Virginia was in a safer zone, so our news updates were focused on our other hot spot locations. 

Prime Hook Beach, Delaware's Road 

3.  Delaware

My parent's retreat in Prime Hook Beach on the  Delaware coast was a big worry for the family.  Past storms have jeopardized the condition of the road to the community.  The Delaware Bay broke through to the freshwater marsh area threatening the wildlife and vegetation in the protected wildlife refuge.

Irene decided to destroy the road. The National Guard was called in to assist in a potential two week project to construct an access road for the small private beach community.

SoHo (Manhattan), NYC

4.  New York

Next stop for the path of terror was New York City,  home to our designer daughter.  Her ride to work, the NY Subway, was shut down in a historic decision to keep everyone home and safe.

Her place of business in Manhattan, as well as her home in Brooklyn, were targeted for storm surges.  The fashion industry will want to get back to work as soon as possible to get ready for  Fashion Week in September.  New York suffered greatly when Irene took a bite out of the Big Apple.

Farewell Irene! Unfortunately, the hurricane season
ends November 30th.













Pictures courtesy of the Charlotte Observer.