Tropical Storm Irene Part II

The kids of the apartment complex had a grand old time playing in the puddles of the backyard. The fire marshal came by and told us that there was a voluntary evacuation order for our road. They were worried about the flooding that was going on and that it would prevent any emergency vehicles from being able to reach us if anything were to happen. I mulled it over for quite a long time, even asking my friends and family on Facebook. Almost everyone told me that I should go, but I decided against it. I felt safest wherever my husband was and he was definitely staying. I felt pretty confident that nothing terrible would happen and if it did, plenty of neighbors were around to help out if needed. Later on, we had a combined dinner at one of the neighbor's house that everyone pitched some food towards. Shortly after we finished eating, our power finally went out. We had been expecting it to at some point, regardless of the fact that the storm was over. We spent the rest of the night playing board games with friends.

Adam's foot standing on the drain that is in our backyard.

The power stayed out all night but by early morning it had been restored. We were some of the lucky ones. There are people around that still do not have power back. The next day Adam, the kids, the dog and I all went for a walk around town to see the sights. Here is a recap of what we saw:

The flooding at the end of our road.

Blurry cell pic, sorry. Tree down.

This is the tree that fell in front of my apartment.

Some guy measuring the flow of the Farmington River off of the Unionville bridge.

This is where the water had reached to the day before! Amazing how high it was and how much the water receded already.

 
Farmington River shot


You may not know it by looking at it, but the water is still very high from what it normally is.

 
This mini golf course was half underwater the day before.


This is the top of an outcropping next to the Farmington bike trail. Normally it's a big wide circle, fenced in that people fish off of. See if you can find the fence in these next few pictures ...
 (Click on them if you'd like to see them larger.)





What, couldn't find it? Here, I'll help...





No, still don't see it? Exactly my point.

To be continued...