‘Alleluia, the great storm is over, lift up your wings and fly!’
Manchester Vt.: Taconics after Hurricane Irene 8/29/11
‘Alleluia, the great storm is over, lift up your wings and fly!’ So goes the refrain of Bob Franke’s great folk anthem. And so say we all here in Vermont’s Northshire.
In the upper regions, we seem to have suffered little. Some natural pruning and racing brooks, but little more. But in the valleys, a very different story. Flooding, houses lost, clean-ups starting.
Walking this morning, the air was clear and summer cool. A stiff breeze ruffled the leaves beaten 24 hours ago. The Green Mountains showed a tinge of red, hinting at things to come.
Hard to believe Irene came and went.
Manchester, Vt.: Mt. Equinox after Hurricane Irene 8/29/11
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Comment from Mary gerster
Time 2011/08/31 at 15:40
Peter your photo assures us that our beautiful farm is ok though the devastation elsewhere in Vermont is horrendous. We thought it would be bad here in CT where we are on the water as we were evacuated but water filled basement and garage but came to the very edge of the first floor without going in! How can we help our neighbors in Jamaica and Weston and Williston?
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