Scooter is talking residential. Businesses get real loss. Irene cost the museum 175K in damages from single phasing blowing out motors plus lost business.
Can't wait until you lose power for 10 days. Get back to me on how much it cost you. Flooding is horrible but again this isn't the great Plains where entire towns are submerged. Lots of flood control built after 55
I don't expect this to happen again but damn right now its probably max surge zone. The way the coastline is like a bowl it concentrates the energy from Watch Hill To Weekapaug and Misquamicut is dead center of the bowl and of course the lowest point. Barrier islands being barrier islands and all