shaggy Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Gonna start a thread so I can show the damage we had around here. Nothing terrible but the tree damage is pretty intense. I'll post videos that don't look like much but the woods I film use to be so thick and now theres huge holes in the forest everywhere. I'm downloading pics now and will have a few more up in a bit. Then i'm heading east to try and see what happened closer to the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CAD_Wedge_NC Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Nice pictures of the damage Shaggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I really think some of the tree damage can be attributed to the high temps and drought experienced in much of eastern NC. I'm sure many trees were in a weakened state because of that alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 In this first video we are going back to my parents neighborhood. As I head down the road the tree line on the left is the one I was videoing the most. After I take the right turn you will see the house with the white truck and thats where we stayed under the carport throughout the storm. The video isn't that great but it was a fully forested area once past my parents house. All the sunshine in the woods use not be there. The number of trees down in the neighborhood was ridiculous. In this second video I am filming a bigger gust when my nephew came outside to watch. The gust hits and at around 11-12 seconds you will hear a crack as a large tree in the neighbors yard breaks off and crashes through their sunroom totally flattening that room. Luckily they were not in that room at the time. You will hear me tell my sis-in-law to watch my nephew because he was outside watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 more pics sadly of trees down on houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Here are some pics from N/O. Try to get them in the right thead this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 NAGS HEAD, NC - AUGUST 28: Billy Stinson (L), wife Sandra Stinson © and daughter Erin Stinson comfort each other as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood before it was destroyed by Hurricane Irene August 28, 2011 in Nags Head, North Carolina. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed yesterday by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. Stinson has owned the home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, since 1963. "We were pretending, just for a moment, that the cottage was still behind us and we were just sitting there watching the sunset," said Erin afterward Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/08/28/1442297/five-dead-families-stranded-thousands.html?tab=gallery&gallery=/2011/08/28/1429101/hurricane-irene-lashes-nc-coast.html&gid_index=2#ixzz1WNYMLzmA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 NAGS HEAD, NC - AUGUST 28: Billy Stinson (L), wife Sandra Stinson © and daughter Erin Stinson comfort each other as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood before it was destroyed by Hurricane Irene August 28, 2011 in Nags Head, North Carolina. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed yesterday by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. Stinson has owned the home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, since 1963. "We were pretending, just for a moment, that the cottage was still behind us and we were just sitting there watching the sunset," said Erin afterward Read more: http://www.newsobser...2#ixzz1WNYMLzmA I actually know the Stinsons. He was a school teacher at my high school. Good family and its sad to see their cottage gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Few more. Here the wind pushes the water back out of the Albemarle sound on backside of Irene, One for the Greenville Crowd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 NAGS HEAD, NC - AUGUST 28: Billy Stinson (L), wife Sandra Stinson © and daughter Erin Stinson comfort each other as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood before it was destroyed by Hurricane Irene August 28, 2011 in Nags Head, North Carolina. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed yesterday by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. Stinson has owned the home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, since 1963. "We were pretending, just for a moment, that the cottage was still behind us and we were just sitting there watching the sunset," said Erin afterward Read more: http://www.newsobser...2#ixzz1WNYMLzmA The Stinsons place was famous there was a story on it the Our State magazine http://www.ourstate.com/stinsons-ranch Like my brother I had both Stinsons in high school as teachers and we all were good friends with Erin and my wife actually had spent many weekends in high school and college in that cottage. Honestly its a mircle it made it as long as it did but it is sad to see it go. However sad it is to see it go it is also a reminder that the price to live that close to the water is oftan a heavy one. They all knew full well that it would end like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VeronicaCorningstone Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 NAGS HEAD, NC - AUGUST 28: Billy Stinson (L), wife Sandra Stinson © and daughter Erin Stinson comfort each other as they sit on the steps where their cottage once stood before it was destroyed by Hurricane Irene August 28, 2011 in Nags Head, North Carolina. The cottage, built in 1903 and destroyed yesterday by Hurricane Irene, was one of the first vacation cottages built on Albemarle Sound in Nags Head. Stinson has owned the home, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, since 1963. "We were pretending, just for a moment, that the cottage was still behind us and we were just sitting there watching the sunset," said Erin afterward Read more: http://www.newsobser...2#ixzz1WNYMLzmA Ugh. Went to elementary school with the Stinson girls and it always stinks to see someone you have been acquainted with, have this kind of misfortune. Our State magazine did an interesting article on their beach home last year too. http://www.ourstate.com/stinsons-ranch Glad those of you around Greenville made it through the storm okay. My parents in Falkland got power on finally last night, and luckily the tree that fell in their yard missed both their house and carport. In-laws in Farmville just got power on this morning, but have friends a bit further up 43 towards Pinetops that are still without power now, with no real ETA. Here in Wilson, there are a great deal of trees down but thankfully, not a lot of homes damaged and most everyone has power (strangely, though, the homes across the street from me are still without - but we've had power since around 1 a.m. Sunday morning!) Hopefully I can get out and get some pics of the neighborhood. The recreation park down the street sustained tree damage in the April tornado, and now again has been hit pretty hard with numerous trees down.<br><br>Edit: Just saw where you put the same link in to Our State, downeast! Sorry bout that - I didn't read down far enough <br><br> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Here is a pic Shaggy sent me from the plant we work at the trailer in the picture was parked in the gravel before the storm.....again this seems kinda extreme for only mid 60's gust...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Google flooding in Vermont. All I can say is wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Sounds like the Pamlico got hit harder by Irene than any other storm in living memory. I have heard more than a few folks saying how homes that havent had water in the them in the 100 yrs they have existed got flooded in Irene. I know personally a family that had a small cottage on Hickory Pt in Aurora that has been there since the 1950's and it had never been flooded, well Irene not only flooded it but it and all the other houses nearby are not just flooded but destroyed. In Pitt Co alone there are at least 2,000 homes or businesses that are damaged to some extent and that considered a good starting estimate and its expected to rise......and ECU this morning said their prelim $ estimate for damage is at least 1 million dollars and that should be expected to rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Friggen insane but that would explain why there was 8-10 ft of water up the Pamlico River lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 It seems Irene did a lot more damage than most Cat 1 hurricanes usually do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Great video this guy was on the bridge over to Atl Beach and got sustained 80-100 mph winds, also has footage of the calm in the eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Damage in Vermont. http://mansfieldheliflight.com/flood/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Picture of where my neighbors little cottage use to be at Hickory Pt.....they cant even find stuff that they can ID as theirs, it and everything in it was a total loss....they do however plan to rebuild, and put this one a little higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Great video this guy was on the bridge over to Atl Beach and got sustained 80-100 mph winds, also has footage of the calm in the eye. Great find. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlontz Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Great video this guy was on the bridge over to Atl Beach and got sustained 80-100 mph winds, also has footage of the calm in the eye. I know that guy. He graduated from UNCC in 2010. He was the former meteorology club president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandymanColumbusGA Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Here's some pictures the USGS posted on their website of before and after pictures up and down the East Coast: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/irene/photo-comparisons/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creationB Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 A lot of damaged had been made, Properties had been lost and life had been offered. Irene may join top 10 priciest natural disasters in US history. The costs related to Hurricane Irene may go beyond $10 billion before the dust settles, much of that connected with great flood damage. While meteorologists had forecast worse from the weather event that was eventually reduced to a tropical storm, the damage brought on by Irene might still rank it among the top 10 most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history. I just can't imagine the life that was lost because of Irene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Morehead city has released a summary of Irene with detailed rainfall, surge and wind data along with a county by county account of winds and damage. This is the link if anyone wants to check it out. Along with the summary for my county. http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=MHX&product=PSH&format=TXT&version=1&glossary=1 PITT 2 MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS WERE NEAR HURRICANE FORCE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO MINOR TO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO 2000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES MAINLY DUE TO FALLEN TREES. AGRICULTURAL LOSSES WERE ESTIMATED AT 38 MILLION DOLLARS FROM FLOODING AND WINDS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WAS 7 TO 13 INCHES WITH FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. TWO DEATHS WERE REPORTED FROM FALLEN TREES ON A HOUSE AND A CAR. DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS ARE ONGOING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Theres a new affect of hurricane starting to show its ugly head......well first there was a disease outbreak among the deer herd. When theres that much rain that fast gnats and flies spread a disease thats call blue tongue and it has really decimated the deer herd in some places. The second was the amount of leaves and leaf liter that ended up on the ground and in the low lying areas. We have been dry for awhile now and the swamp bottoms and creeks are drying up a bit and releasing some really nasty smells. Around the town of little washington the methane smell is overwhelming in the mornings when the air is still. Riding by the deep ditches and canals down along the pamlico is also smelling really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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